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Story by News4Jax. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Civil rights leaders are not allowing the holidays to slow down their push for justice for two men who died in police custody earlier this month.

Tuesday, the Florida and regional executives of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People joined local leaders and ministers to announce a rally on Thursday and a protest march Saturday, both designed to keep the heat on local, state and federal officials looking into the deaths of Sammy Evans Jr., 49, and Ezra Jones, 29.

The two men died in separate incidents the first weekend of December after they were arrested on misdemeanor charges.

Adori Obi Nweze, Florida NAACP president, said she has not heard a response from the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office or the U.S. Justice Department about the status of their investigations in the two cases.

"We have to press and press for them to respond," Nweze said. "You know, it's the holiday and they can always say they're on vacation, but, you know, when you have this type of action going on -- police brutality, people dying in custody, people being brutalized -- there is no holiday. There is never a holiday. This is 24-7. People should never have to back up because somebody is vacation."

Nweze also said that a pattern of police brutality by police "has been going on here in Jacksonville for decades." She said it might be necessary for the justice deparment to take over the sheriff's office and "uncover all that's being covered up."

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