Jane Fonda was arrested this morning at Capitol Hill. The Grace & Frankie actor was in Washington today protesting about climate change, when she was hauled off by police for "unlawful demonstration."
Following Fonda's arrest, Capitol Police released the following statement:
Today, the United States Capitol Police arrested 16 individuals for unlawfully demonstrating on the East Front of the U.S. Capitol. All were charged with D.C. Code §22-1307, Crowding, Obstructing or Incommoding.
Apparently, Fonda plans on getting arrested again as soon as she's out. In an interview with the Washington Post, Fonda told the publication she plans on returning to Capitol Hill to protest for the next 14 weeks.
"I'm going to take my body, which is kind of famous and popular right now because of the [television] series and I'm going to go to D.C. and I'm going to have a rally every Friday," she said "It'll be called 'Fire Drill Friday.' And we're going to engage in civil disobedience and we're going to get arrested every Friday."
Watch the video of the arrest below.
Following Fonda's arrest, Capitol Police released the following statement:
Today, the United States Capitol Police arrested 16 individuals for unlawfully demonstrating on the East Front of the U.S. Capitol. All were charged with D.C. Code §22-1307, Crowding, Obstructing or Incommoding.
Apparently, Fonda plans on getting arrested again as soon as she's out. In an interview with the Washington Post, Fonda told the publication she plans on returning to Capitol Hill to protest for the next 14 weeks.
"I'm going to take my body, which is kind of famous and popular right now because of the [television] series and I'm going to go to D.C. and I'm going to have a rally every Friday," she said "It'll be called 'Fire Drill Friday.' And we're going to engage in civil disobedience and we're going to get arrested every Friday."
Watch the video of the arrest below.
Fonda is well known for her activism, dating back to her highly publicized arrest in 1970, when the actor was detained for drug smuggling following her anti-Vietnam war protest. The "drugs" were later tested and found to actually be vitamins, and she was released.
Over the years she has been using her platform to speak publicly on the topics of feminism, Indigenous rights, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and environmentalism.
