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SEE: Hundreds Call For Trump's Removal At Barclays Center
Protesters marched in Brooklyn to call for the president's impeachment after the unprecedented mob attack on the U.S. Capitol.

BROOKLYN, NY — Hundreds of protesters marched through Brooklyn on Thursday night to call for the impeachment of President Donald Trump following the unprecedented mob attack on the U.S. Capitol this week.
The rally began at the Barclays Center — which has become a makeshift town square for protests this year — before marching down Flatbush Avenue toward U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer's home on Prospect Park West, according to reports.
The protests come as lawmakers, including Schumer, call for Trump's removal after a swarm of his supporters overran police, breached the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. and ransacked it as Congress tried to certify President-Elect Joe Biden's win.
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“What we saw was incredibly frustrating and tragic, and a lot of people are looking for direction,” Nina Svirsky, a teacher from Brooklyn, told the New York Times from the Barclays Center.
At least 500 protestors moving south on Flatbush Ave away from Barclays Center in response to the violence at the Capitol yesterday. pic.twitter.com/bsmaTOsqjw
— NYC Protest Updates (@protest_nyc) January 8, 2021
The Barclays Center march, organized by Democratic Socialists of America, was one of at least two in New York City on Thursday. Protesters also gathered in Times Square.
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Schumer, the Senate Minority Leader and soon-to-be Majority Leader, is the highest-ranking Democrat yet to call for Trump's removal following the riot.
Other New York City lawmakers wasted no time. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and newly sworn in Rep. Jamaal Bowman both joined a resolution to impeach Trump.
The resolution sponsored by Rep. Ilhan Omar was crafted while she was "extracted in a secure location" during the siege, Ocasio-Cortez tweeted. Swift action must be taken to protect the republic, she wrote.
Four people died during Wednesday's riot at the Capitol, which followed a speech by Trump who repeated false claims that the presidential election — that he handily lost, by every objective and legal measure — was stolen from him.
Hundreds strong at Barclays Center pic.twitter.com/pA7VsosVqq
— Jason #StopSISEA Rosenberg (@mynameisjro) January 7, 2021
Patch Reporter Matt Troutman contributed to this report.
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