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Protesters Arrested at Senate Hart Office Building

HeadlineJan 07, 2009

Several activists were arrested on Tuesday after they dropped a series of banners inside the Senate Hart Office Building on Capitol Hill. The banners read “Iraq,” “Palestine,” “Afghanistan,” “The Audacity of War Crimes” and “We Will Not Be Silent.” The activists were arrested because they were wearing masks inside a government building.

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