{"id":2241,"date":"2017-04-20T17:22:30","date_gmt":"2017-04-20T21:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sinkers.org\/stage\/?p=2241"},"modified":"2017-04-20T17:23:21","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T21:23:21","slug":"us-capitol-cops-harass-dcmj-joint-session-arrest-at-least-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sinkers.org\/stage\/?p=2241","title":{"rendered":"US Capitol Cops Harass DCMJ &#8220;Joint Session&#8221;, Arrest At Least 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/214077386?portrait=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/214077386\">US Capitol Cops Harass 4\/20 &quot;Joint Session&quot;, arrest several<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/flugennock\">Mike Flugennock<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Looks like we got more free publicity than we could handle today<\/strong> at DCMJ&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/dcmj.org\/1st-annual-congressional-joint-session-420\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Joint Session&#8221;<\/a> legal joint giveaway for US Capitol employees at 1st and Constitution Avenue NE, across the street from the Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>Although they were set up on DC territory, on the sidewalk in front of the Reserve Officers&#8217; Association building, US Capitol Police chose to leave Federal land and come into DC to harass and arrest several volunteers involved in checking ID&#8217;s and giving out joints.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sinkers.org\/capitolhillApr2017fotos\/capitolhillApr2017-08.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sinkers.org\/capitolhillApr2017fotos\/capitolhillApr2017-08.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sinkers.org\/capitolhillApr2017fotos\/capitolhillApr2017-08.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Ready to go at &#8220;high noon&#8221;,<\/strong><\/a> a volunteer at the joint giveaway table.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sinkers.org\/capitolhillApr2017fotos\/capitolhillApr2017-07.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sinkers.org\/capitolhillApr2017fotos\/capitolhillApr2017-07.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sinkers.org\/capitolhillApr2017fotos\/capitolhillApr2017-07.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Celebrated DC comedian,<\/strong><\/a> writer and media artist <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ecroydon\" target=\"_blank\">Elizabeth Croydon<\/a> hands out one of the first joints of the day.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sinkers.org\/capitolhillApr2017fotos\/capitolhillApr2017-10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sinkers.org\/capitolhillApr2017fotos\/capitolhillApr2017-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sinkers.org\/capitolhillApr2017fotos\/capitolhillApr2017-10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>The first US Capitol cop crosses into District Of Columbia territory<\/strong><\/a> to threaten DCMJ volunteers, claiming they were on Federal land. Two arrests were made a few moments later.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sinkers.org\/capitolhillApr2017fotos\/capitolhillApr2017-13.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sinkers.org\/capitolhillApr2017fotos\/capitolhillApr2017-13.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sinkers.org\/capitolhillApr2017fotos\/capitolhillApr2017-13.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>DCMJ volunteers Rachel (left) and Collette (right) <\/strong><\/a>were the first two arrestees of the afternoon. There were six as of this posting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US Capitol Cops Harass 4\/20 &quot;Joint Session&quot;, arrest several from Mike Flugennock on Vimeo. Looks like we got more free publicity than we could handle today at DCMJ&#8217;s &#8220;Joint Session&#8221; legal joint giveaway for US Capitol employees at 1st and Constitution Avenue NE, across the street from the Capitol. 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