Redskins Players Run Onto Field Before Monday Night Football Game with Hands Up for Michael Brown

@Redskins walk onto field with hands up. I love when a group of people realize their influence #MikeBrown #DontShoot (Twitter/ @ayyeCrump)

From nearly 1,000 miles away, several Washington Redskins players used the Monday Night Football stage to draw attention to the situation that has been unfolding in Ferguson, Missouri by running onto FedExField with their hands up in the air.

Ferguson is where unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown, who was black, was shot and killed by a white police officer on Aug. 9.

Police say Brown struggled with the officer before being shot six times, but witnesses have said he was not aggressive toward the officer and had his hands raised above his head before he was shot. As a result, the words “hands up, don’t shoot” have become a rallying cry of protesters, both in Ferguson and online.

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SOURCE: CBS DC