Protesters staged a sit-in at Microsoft to demand the company stop allowing ICE to use their technology.
Seventy-six protesters were arrested Saturday afternoon for blocking traffic in Manhattan, a New York Police Department spokesman said.
The demonstrators staged a sit-in at the Microsoft store on Fifth Avenue to demand the tech company stop allowing the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement to use their technology, according to a press release from the"Close the Camps NYC" coalition that organized the protest.#NoBusinessWithICE #ClosetheCamps #5thAve pic.twitter.com/glfgmblVrQ
— Close the Camps NYC September 14, 2019 "As members of this society it is our responsibility to hold US corporations accountable," said Beatriz Lozano, an organizer with Close the Camps NYC."By being complicit in their actions we are being complicit in the targeting of the Latinx community and the racist torture and trauma that is being inflicted. We have the power to end this cruelty.
— Harron Walker September 14, 2019 The NYPD spokesman said 50 women and 26 men were arrested. Read MoreLast month, 100 people were arrested when the same coalition held a protest against ICE on Manhattan's West Side Highway, temporarily closing all lanes of traffic.CNN has reached out to Microsoft for comment.CNN's Laura Ly contributed to this report.
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