Claim: Over a dozen arrests in SC following 4th Poor People’s Rally.
Verdict: SUPPORTS

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title: Poor People's Campaign
text: Sunday, June 23, 1968, some members of the House of Representatives called for immediate removal. On June 24, over one thousand police officers arrived to clear the camp and its 500 remaining residents. Some had been led by Abernathy to another site for a pre-arranged arrest. In the camp, police still found some people singing and clapping. Police systematically searched the camp's shelters and arrested people inside and nearby the city. Police ultimately arrested 288 demonstrators including Abernathy. On the afternoon of June 24, police reported being hit with rocks near 14th Street & U Street, an intersection central to

title: Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for a Moral Revival
text: raise the national minimum wage to a living wage; Our Children, Our Future, a West Virginian group that organizes parents of children to fight against poverty; and Voices of Community Activist and Leaders - New York, a group from Harlem that builds power for New Yorkers who are impacted by HIV/AIDS, mass incarceration, drug wars, and homelessness. On May 21, 2018, 21 protesters were arrested in Nashville, Tennessee. This protest marked the 50 year anniversary of the Poor People's Campaign's building of a shantytown called Resurrection City. Rev. Barber said of the event, “This is not a commemoration of what

title: Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for a Moral Revival
text: happened 50 years ago. This is a reenactment and reinauguration.” On June 4, 2018, 16 protesters were arrested in Topeka, Kansas. After a Supreme Court decision determining that purging inactive Ohio voters from the registration lists is constitutional in "Husted v. Randolph Institute", Rev. Barber and Rev. Theoharis were arrested and detained for 26 hours at the Supreme Court. A week prior, Dr. Theoharis was arrested in Lansing, Michigan. On June 21, the campaign hung two banners on both sides of a raised stage at the National Mall that read, "Fight Poverty Not The Poor". Within the 40 days, more

title: Poor People's Campaign
text: 50,000 and 100,000 people (including many whites). The crowd was addressed not only by SCLC leaders—including Abernathy and Coretta Scott King (who spoke against the Vietnam War)—but also by Tijerina, Native American activist Martha Grass, and politicians such as Eugene McCarthy (whom they applauded) and Hubert Humphrey (whom they booed). Labor unions, including the United Auto Workers, had a strong presence at the event. Puerto Rican and Chicano marchers held a separate rally on the weekend before when people were less likely to be working. On Thursday, June 20, police fired several canisters of tear gas into the city—reportedly after

title: Charleston Five
text: ILA 1422A mechanics union and Locals 1771. By nightfall there were almost 130 longshoremen picketing, though some media suggested the number could have been up to 300. Then as the leadership went ahead to figure out what the intention was, the protesters threw rocks, bottles, and railroad ties at the police. The police started baton charge, gas shell firing and even charged an armored vehicle at the longshoremen. The Five's arrests set off a firestorm of political implications and finger pointing and allegedly some South Carolina officials were using the arrests as political fulcrums to further their careers. In October

title: Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for a Moral Revival
text: than 2,000 people were arrested nationwide. Protesters stopped traffic and petitioned state legislatives. and performed more acts of direct action. Rev. Barber has stated, “We have these mythologies about the civil rights movement, about what it took to bring about change in America, but none of that happened overnight. You need to have a long-term vision. This right here, this is only our foundation.” The new movement aims to address the issues that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke against in his original campaign. Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for a Moral Revival Poor People's Campaign: A National Call

title: Poor People's Campaign
text: Poor People's Campaign The Poor People's Campaign, or Poor People's March on Washington, was a 1968 effort to gain economic justice for poor people in the United States. It was organized by Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), and carried out under the leadership of Ralph Abernathy in the wake of King's assassination. The campaign demanded economic and human rights for poor Americans of diverse backgrounds. After presenting an organized set of demands to Congress and executive agencies, participants set up a 3,000-person protest camp on the Washington Mall, where they stayed for six weeks

title: Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for a Moral Revival
text: the US", starting in May. The main event was hosted at the National Mall in Washington, DC. The focus of the events were on the "triple evils": racism, poverty, and militarism. Thousands of people marched in Washington DC, coming from at least 32 states. More than 20 state's representatives were called on stage, along with representatives for Native Americans living on reservations. People from as far as Alaska joined the crowd. People within the movement also participant in other organizations who feel that their goals are being pushed forward by the campaign, such as "Fight for $15", who aims to

title: Unite the Right rally
text: A third man, Daniel P. Borden, ultimately pleaded guilty. The fourth person, Tyler Watkins Davis, is awaiting trial. Beginning in the morning, ahead of the rally's official noon start time, "protesters and counterprotesters faced off, kicking, punching, hurling water bottles at and deploying chemical sprays against one another". An estimated 500 protesters and more than a thousand counterprotesters were on the site. The Associated Press reported that "people threw punches, screamed, set off smoke bombs, hurled water bottles and unleashed chemical sprays"; some engaged in combat while "others darted around, trying to avoid the chaos". At least 14 people were

title: Poor People's Campaign
text: Yippees. In Savannah, Georgia, there is a group of Socialists that carry on the Poor People's Campaign legacy, calling themselves "PPC/CAT", "CAT" meaning "Community Action Team". They provide clothes and household items to anyone who needs them at Direct Action events throughout the city. Poor People's Campaign The Poor People's Campaign, or Poor People's March on Washington, was a 1968 effort to gain economic justice for poor people in the United States. It was organized by Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), and carried out under the leadership of Ralph Abernathy in the wake of

title: Poor People's Campaign
text: formal lobby that delivered organized presentations of the campaign's demands. Tijerina was arrested in New Mexico (on charges that had earlier been dismissed) hours before he was scheduled to leave for Washington to join the lobby. His arrest was interpreted as an intentional effort to thwart the campaign. SCLC leaders including Abernathy, Young, and Lafayette were present and led delegations. Poor people from around the country made up most of the group. Many officials perceived even this group as threatening. The Committee demanded an Economic Bill of Rights with five planks: Abernathy defended these demands by highlighting the use of

title: Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for a Moral Revival
text: the original 1968 Poor People's Campaign, which was an effort to gain economic justice for poor people in the United States, organized by Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), and carried out under the leadership of Ralph Abernathy in the wake of King's assassination. Rev. Barber has explained the movement saying, "This is about the moral center. This is about our humanity." The campaign is supported by the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW). They performed "40 days of coordinated action in the spring of 2018 at statehouses across

title: Poor People's Campaign
text: April disturbances following the King assassination. Broken windows and a fire bomb were also reported. One hundred police in riot gear responded with tear gas. The area was sealed off, a curfew was declared, and Mayor Washington declared a state of emergency. 450 National Guardsman began patrolling the streets that night, and few incidents were reported (one man leaving a liquor store was wounded by a police officer's bullet). An economic bill of rights was never passed, and leaders spoke with regret about the occupation. SCLC director Bill Rutherford described the campaign as the movement's "Little Bighorn." Andrew Young, vice

title: Mass arrest
text: mass arrests have also sometimes been criticized. Over 1,700 protesters were arrested during the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York City. On October 1, 2011, more than 700 protesters with the Occupy Wall Street movement were arrested while attempting to march across the bridge on the roadway. On January 28, 2012, more than 400 people were arrested at Oakland. During a seven-day span on Capitol Hill, from April 11 through April 18, 2016 police arrested approximately 1,240 people (300 arrests were made on April 18 alone) who were demonstrating for reforms to how Americans vote and campaign in elections.

title: 2015 Baltimore protests
text: FOIA request from the American Civil Liberties Union. By April 30, over forty South Korean-owned businesses had been damaged by the riots. Chinese American and Arab American owned stores were also targeted, with looters directed by African American gangs towards those businesses. Forty people were arrested for such night violations on May 1. After the largest peaceful rally on Saturday, May 2, 2015, 46 people were arrested during the night time curfew. One person arrested on May 2 was News2Share journalist Ford Fischer. He was handcuffed and initially charged with violating curfew, despite the police confirming that "he's credentialed media."

title: Shooting of Keith Lamont Scott
text: blocking all lanes of Interstate 85, breaking into a semi-trailer and burning the contents inside, and looting a Walmart on North Tryon Street at about " Over "a chaotic night of gunfire, tear gas and arrests in Charlotte's city center" on , 44 people were arrested; nine civilians were injured; two officers sustained "relatively minor" eye injuries; and three officers were treated for heat-related ailments. Police Chief Kerr Putney stated that protests were initially peaceful, as demonstrators lawfully gathered at Marshall Park from 7:00 to Violence broke out at around or , with people engaging in violence and vandalism, including

title: South African Unemployed Peoples' Movement
text: occupied the Checkers supermarket in Dr Pixley KaSeme Street and the Pick'n'Pay supermarket at The Workshop and began to eat food off the shelves without paying. Police said they arrested 44 people at Checkers and 50 people at Pick'n'Pay. Nozipho Mteshana, then the chairwoman of the movement, said that the appropriation of food in supermarkets would continue despite the arrests. She was placed under house arrest for 18 months following the protest. The movement has, working together with Abahlali baseMjondolo, also organised a number of protests from the Zakheleni shack settlement in Umlazi, Durban. There is also a branch of

title: 1971 May Day protests
text: By afternoon the police had suppressed the disruption efforts and the protesters had mainly dispersed. Smaller protests continued resulting in the arrests of several thousand more, bringing the total to 12,614 people, making this the largest mass arrest in U.S. history. Conspiracy charges against May Day tribe leaders were dismissed. Out of the 12,000 demonstrators arrested most were released without charges and 79 were eventually convicted. The ACLU pursued a class action suit brought by thousands of detained protesters and ultimately the US Congress, recognizing the illegal nature of the arrests, agreed to pay a settlement to those arrested, making

title: South Carolina civil disturbances of 1876
text: restrained by General Martin Gary and Wade Hampton because the black men were on state property. A total of five black men were arrested for the assault. At Mt. Pleasant in Charleston County on the night of October 23, an armed mob of blacks occupied the town and threatened to kill all the inhabitants. The white citizens congregated in a single house and a mixed force of white and black Democrats were posted as sentries through the night. The black mob left in the morning and stated their intentions to return and terrorize the population. In Charleston on the afternoon

title: Maxwell Dlamini
text: Nimrod Dlamini, and local and international solidarity movements. Maxwell Dlamini was arrested on 23 April 2013 in connection with a SWAYOCO rally which was held on the 19th of April in Mbabane. Maxwell was charged with two counts of sedition. He was released on bail for a second time on 5 June 2013, but re-arrested on 1 May 2014, allegedly for criticising Swaziland's government and king in a speech. Maxwell Dlamini was acquitted of the 2011 charges of contravening Swaziland’s Explosives Act on September 4, 2014, but is still remanded and has to face charges for the two other charges