17 Congress outside the US Supreme Court was arrested, netizens: Washington is already a new Hollywood

[Global Times Comprehensive Report] There was a chaotic scene outside the US Federal Supreme Court. According to the United States "New York Post" reported on the 19th, 17 US Congress members were arrested while participating in the support of abortion rights outside the Supreme Court of the Federal Court that day. The attention of the media and netizens. Some netizens mocked: "Washington is already a new Hollywood."

On the same day, many members of the Democratic Party of the House of Representatives in the United States participated in the demonstration. They marched from the Congress to the Supreme Court and shouted slogans such as "My body, my choice" and called for the protection of abortion rights. According to the New York Post, the U.S. Police arrested a total of 35 people at the protest site, of which 17 were members of the US Congress. The U.S. Police posted on the Twitter platform that these people were arrested because of blocking roads and hindering traffic. Police said such behavior was illegal. They had issued three warnings to the demonstrators and asked them to leave, but some demonstrators refused to leave, so the police arrested it. The Broadcasting Corporation of the United States reported that Catherine Clark, Assistant Speaker of the Democratic Party of the House of Representatives, was also arrested. Can be arrested, but we do not allow them to arrest freedom. "

On the 19th local time, Alexander Okasio Cultes was arrested and pretended to be handcuffed when he was arrested

It is worth mentioning that the famous "Internet celebrities" and Democratic members of the United States Congress Alexander Okasio Cordus were taken away when they were taken away by the police. Visual China), although she was not handcuffed. The New York Post described that Corter, who pretended to be "handcuffed", raised his fist out of his supporters to respond to the supporters, and then "carried up". This incident caused heated discussion among American netizens. People who support demonstrators say the police are infringing on people's "peace protests" rights, while opponents emphasize that the behavior of these people violates the law. Some netizens lamented that Cordus pretended to be "a little too much" to be worn by handcuffs, and the remaining arrested people did not have similar actions, accusing her of "being a show." (Suo Yanqi Zhang Zixi)

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