Posted 4/9/2024, 5:36:39 PM
Over 50 Pro-Palestinian Protesters Arrested at U.S. Capitol Over Gaza Crisis
- Over 50 anti-Israel protesters arrested in Senate cafeteria for chanting "Senate can’t eat until Gaza eats!" and charged with crowding, obstructing, or incommoding
- Protesters walked through hallways raising hands and shouting "Children are starving in Gaza" and "People are dying in Gaza"
- One protester wore shirt reading "Biden's legacy = Genocide" amid pressure over civilian deaths in Israel-Hamas war
- Capitol Police shouted "Everybody out or be placed under arrest," protester replied "this is the house of the people!"
- Some demonstrators had also interrupted testimony by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin earlier in Senate Armed Services Committee hearing