Florida congressional candidate arrested during protest outside U.S. Supreme Court
Fort Myers Democrat Cindy Banyai, a candidate for Congress, was arrested protesting at the U.S. Supreme Court.
Capitol Police on Thursday arrested 181 people taking part in a sit-in protest outside the court and charged them with crowding, obstructing or incommoding, violating a Washington city ordinance. The agency around 12:30 p.m. said demonstrators illegally blocked the intersection at First Street and Constitution Avenue.
Police say three warnings were given to protestors before detaining individuals. The intersection opened again at 1:20 p.m.
Banyai, the Democrat challenging Republican U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds in Florida’s 19th Congressional District, was in a wheelchair at the time, a...
