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room101 Here, Supercilious Nincompoop, are excerpts from news reports.
Capitol Police truly arrested 17 members of the House of Representatives for allegedly violating DC Code § 22–1307, which prohibits people from blocking public roadways. This is a misdemeanor offense that carries a maximum of a $500 fine or 90 days in prison.
Capitol Police wrote on Twitter that officers gave the protesters three warnings about blocking traffic. When the protesters refused to leave, the agency said, officers started making arrests. Aside from Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar, the following Democratic lawmakers were arrested: Reps. Cori Bush of Missouri, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Madeleine Dean of Pennsylvania, Carolyn Maloney of New York, Nydia Velazquez of New York, Barbara Lee of California, Jackie Speier of California, Katherine Clark of Massachusetts, Sara Jacobs of California, Andy Levin of Michigan, Alma Adams of North Carolina, Bonnie Watson Coleman of New Jersey, Veronica Escobar of Texas, and Jan Schakowsky of Illinois.
According to the Missouri Independent, Capitol Police issued $50 citations to those arrested. That news outlet reported:
[Protesters] sat down in an intersection in front of the fenced-off Supreme Court building as a U.S. Capitol Police officer warned they were involved in illegal demonstration activity and would be arrested if they didn’t move.
A few minutes later, as lawmakers and protesters chanted in support of abortion rights, U.S. Capitol Police officers began leading them away to a shaded, grassy area nearby where they would be charged with crowding, obstructing or incommoding under District of Columbia law and told they needed to pay a $50 fine.