ATLANTA (AP) - A group of demonstrators protesting police brutality and mass incarceration temporarily blocked traffic on a freeway in downtown Atlanta. <br />
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Atlanta Police spokesman John Chafee says the group blocked traffic on the Downtown Connector near Freedom Parkway during rush hour Wednesday. The connector is a busy stretch of freeway where Interstates 75 and 85 meet. <br />
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Southerners On New Ground field organizer Mary Hooks says she and other grassroots organizers helped plan the protest as part of a national week of resistance to mass incarceration and police brutality. The demonstration also used the Twitter hashtag (hash)blacklivesmatter. <br />
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Hooks says the protest was also meant to show solidarity with demonstrators in Ferguson, Missouri who have been protesting the shooting of Michael Brown.
