Head of NAACP arrested during sit-in at Jeff Sessions’ Mobile office
More than 100 people took part in a second NAACP sit-in at U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions’ Mobile office.
WALA-TV reports eight men and three women were arrested at the scene Monday on charges of criminal trespassing.
The first sit-in took place Jan. 3 after members of the NAACP voiced opposition to the Sessions nomination for U.S. Attorney General.
On Monday, the office was closed but protesters sat in the hallway of the office building.
WALA reports about 20 stayed on the scene after police arrived and officials asked everyone to leave the building.
We were arrested at the office of Senator Sessions earlier this evening. Just released from jail. #StopSessions, call (877)959-6082. pic.twitter.com/gPjMbV0h4N
— Cornell Wm. Brooks (@CornellWBrooks) January 31, 2017
Anticipating our arrival, Senator Sessions closes his office on the eve of a critical Senate vote. We're sitting-in anyway. pic.twitter.com/xyJfNCwwGn
— Cornell Wm. Brooks (@CornellWBrooks) January 30, 2017
This story was originally published January 30, 2017 at 8:08 PM with the headline "Head of NAACP arrested during sit-in at Jeff Sessions’ Mobile office."