Thousands of protesters converged in Washington D.C. on Saturday and marched to the Capitol to call for legislative action after a string of deaths of unarmed black men at the hands of white police officers. The crowd gathered in Freedom Plaza beforehand and marched down Pennsylvania Avenue. “Let’s keep it strong, long and meaningful,” Esaw Garner, Eric Garner’s widow, told the crowd. Organizers had predicted around 5,000 protesters, but, according to the Associated Press, the crowd appeared much larger.
