Protesters arrested after storming Interior Department
S E E D E D C O N T E N T
E nvironmentalist protesters attempting to occupy the Department of the Interior were arrested after storming the building.
Police arrested dozens of protesters Thursday from People vs. Fossil Fuels trying to storm the Stewart Lee Udall Main Interior Building in Washington, D.C., as part of a weeklong demonstration against the Biden administration for not ending contracts for oil pipelines , among other demands.
Videos show a crowd of protesters on the steps of the building, with some trying to climb through the doors. The organization said “55 Indigenous people were arrested; police tased and hit multiple people with batons.” One officer went to the hospital for injuries.
Federal Protective Service personnel responded to the area to "mitigate the situation," the agency said in a statement.
"Multiple injuries were sustained by security personnel, and one officer has been transported to a nearby hospital," said Interior Department spokeswoman Melissa Schwartz. "Medics representing both the Department and the protesters were present."
“Federal Protective Service personnel responded to the area to mitigate the situation,” Schwartz continued. "Centering the voices of lawful protesters is and will continue to be an important foundation of our democracy. It is also our obligation to keep everyone safe. We will continue to do everything we can to de-escalate while honoring first amendment rights."...
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Insurrection!
Peaceful protest! /s
Don’t tase me bro!
OMG US interior ..... watch out.
Insurrectionists are coming for your marbles.
Holy shit!!! Where are our usual "insurrection" members and their outrage!!!!
ere are our usual "insurrection" members and their outrage!!!!
Yeah, I'd assumed they'd be here calling for the protesters to be machine gunned. Enter a government building in a protest where cops are injured is grounds for killing everyone illegally on the premises , or so I was told.
Even if they're unarmed and pose no threat
They can all join their J6 companions in prison and rot there.
I agree. But it is wishful thinking with this AG/DOJ.
Better be congressional hearing about this
They can call it the O14 hearings ......
Didn't Biden have fences and guards installed, like a dictator, to prevent this?
So . . . this is terrorism, right? They should all be shot or hanged or something, right?
Yep, isn't that what domestic terrorist deserve?
Love the wording used when it is leftist wack jobs attempting an insurrection. Sounds like they had to "mitigate" the hell out of them; and received some "mitigation" in return.