Democracy Spring protests at the Capitol
Police arrested more than 400 protesters outside the U.S. Capitol on Monday from Democracy Spring, an organization seeking to remove big money from politics and combat restrictive voter identification laws.
The mostly calm and orderly demonstration resulted in arrests for what the U.S. Capitol Police called “unlawful demonstration activity,” such as crowding and obstruction.
Organizers vowed to repeat the demonstration every day for a week.
The protest was held “to demand Congress take immediate action to end the corruption of big money in our politics and ensure free and fair elections,” Democracy Spring said on its website.
The group lists actor Mark Ruffalo and academic Noam Chomsky and dozens of well-known activist groups among its supporters. (Reuters)
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