Mennonite Action gets arrested at the House Cannon Office Building / IMAGE: @mennoniteaction via Instagram ( Jacob Bruns , Headline USA ) Capitol Police arrested approximately 130 Mennonite protesters at the Cannon House Office Building rotunda on Tuesday during a sit-in calling for a cease-fire in Gaza, the Washington Post reported . View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mennonite Action (@mennoniteaction) The Cannon protesters were charged with “crowding, obstructing, or incommoding” under the Washington, D.C., city code. It is unclear why the group was not charged under U.S. code, as others have been in similar circumstances in accordance with Title 40 Ch. 2 § 193.
“Demonstrations are not allowed inside Congressional Buildings, so when they started to protest and refused to stop, we began arresting them,” a Capitol Police statement said.
Jonathan Brenneman, a spokesperson for the activist group Mennonite Action , said that the group was committed […]
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