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Almost 600 arrested during protest against Trump immigration policy at Senate offices
http://ktvl.com ^ | ASSOCIATED PRESS, Circa Thursday, June 28th 2018

Posted on 06/28/2018 4:17:08 PM PDT by ATOMIC_PUNK

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) among the 575 people who were arrested at a Senate office building while protesting the Trump administration's policy on illegal border crossings and call for the reunification of families who had been separated.

In a statement released by U.S. Capitol Police, law enforcement officials said the protesters were "unlawfully demonstrating." They are being charged with crowding, obstructing or incommoding.

Police say those who were arrested were processed on the scene and released. Individuals who want to pay their fines can do so 24 hours after their arrest.

Jayapal says she and other protesters were "here to fight for our families to be free, to fight for the ability of our kids to be with their parents — not in cages, not in prison, but able to live their lives free, safe and secure."

Many protesters in the atrium of the Hart Senate Office Building wore foil blankets similar to those given to migrants housed at U.S. detention facilities.

Protesters loudly chanted "What do we want? Free families" and "This is what democracy looks like."

Democratic Sens. Jeff Merkley of Oregon and Kirsten Gillibrand of New York joined the protesters. At one point, Merkley donned a foil sheet as he gave a TV interview.

Winnie Wong, political adviser for the liberal National Women's March, says the protest demonstrates "the energy we will need to see to at the ballot box in November.


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To: ATOMIC_PUNK

Put them in jail on federal charges. Leave them there. Censure the ugly Jayapal.


21 posted on 06/28/2018 5:15:12 PM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!y)
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To: butlerweave

Someone with bucks needs to do a serious investigation into who is organizing all of these “protests” and publish the information. We think we know who, but we need proof.


22 posted on 06/28/2018 5:30:15 PM PDT by richardtavor
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK

Shouldn’t a congresswoman that gets arrested protesting our president get censured or expelled or something?


23 posted on 06/28/2018 5:35:35 PM PDT by Pollard (If you don't understand what I typed, you haven't read the classics.)
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK

The Dems own this issue—_never_ let anyone forget it—ever.


24 posted on 06/28/2018 5:50:21 PM PDT by cgbg (Hidden behind the social justice warrior mask is corruption and sexual deviance.)
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK
"This is what democracy looks like."

Yes, mob rule. Thank God we are a representative republic.

25 posted on 06/28/2018 6:41:15 PM PDT by Colorado Doug (Now I know how the Indians felt to be sold out for a few beads and trinkets)
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK
Police say those who were arrested were processed on the scene and released.

Too bad. They should have been separated from their kids for at least the night.

26 posted on 06/28/2018 6:49:09 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (I can't tell if we live in an Erostocracy (rule by sex) or an Eristocracy (rule by strife and chaos))
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To: KarlInOhio

Bad move. We could have sent them to NK to a retraining camp. I’m sure Lil Kim would welcome the chance to get on Trump side.


27 posted on 06/28/2018 7:27:23 PM PDT by oldasrocks (rump)
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK

Good. The sooner they’re convicted and sentenced, the better. Put it on their records.


28 posted on 06/28/2018 9:07:13 PM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: canuck_conservative
leftism is dying. We know it and are smiling, they know it and are panicking.

Bloody well said, mate.

29 posted on 06/29/2018 12:46:18 AM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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