Susan Sarandon Arrested at Trump Immigration Policy Protest
by EG
Thelma & Louise star Susan Sarandon infamously stirred controversy during the 2016 presidential campaign by optimistcally predicting that DonaldTrump's election would "bring the revolution." There's still no sign of a revolution, unless you count Sarandon's arrest at a Washington, DC protest on Thursday as the beginning of a new order. Read on for details of the incident.
Via People.
Susan Sarandon was arrested while protesting Donald Trump’s immigration policy in Washington D.C. on Thursday.
During the protest, which was organized by the Women’s March and the Center for Popular Democracy, the actress, 71, joined hundreds of women to demand that all migrant families separated by Trump’s “zero-tolerance” policy be reunited.
The protest culminated in a sit-in at the Hart Senate Office building, during which many of the protesters wrapped themselves in foil blankets, reminiscent of the silver blankets migrant children have been seen with in photos taken from detention centers.
Arrested. Stay strong. Keep fighting. #WomenDisobey
— Susan Sarandon (@SusanSarandon) June 28, 2018
After sharing multiple tweets documenting her time at the protest — and encouraging others to join her — Sarandon announced that she had been arrested.
“Arrested. Stay Strong. Keep fighting. #WomenDisobey,” she wrote on social media.
The Capitol Police did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
630 women in foil blankets are being arrested in Hart Office building now as they chant “Abolish ICE” and demand an end to family detention. #WOMENDISOBEY pic.twitter.com/k3J1lmqIPA
— Women's March (@womensmarch) June 28, 2018
Three hours after her announcement that she had been arrested, Sarandon praised the protest, writing, “Powerful, beautiful action with hundreds of women saying we demand the reunification of families separated by immoral ICE policy. This is what Democracy looks like. #WomenDisobey.”
Earlier, Sarandon had also retweeted a message penned by the Women’s March, in which the organization wrote that “630 women in foil blankets are being arrested in Hart Office building now as they chant ‘Abolish ICE’ and demand an end to family detention. #WOMENDISOBEY”
In a statement, the Capitol Police confirmed that about 575 people were arrested on Thursday and charged with unlawfully demonstrating, according to DCist.
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