Jane Fonda was arrested at a climate-change protest in Washington, DC, on Friday.
Videos shared on social media show the 82-year-old being cuffed on the steps of the US Capitol.
The actress and 15 other activists were there to urge Congress to adopt the Green New Deal.
According to the United States Capitol Police, they were all charged with unlawfully demonstrating and “crowding [and] obstructing.”
Multiple protesters, including Jane Fonda, arrested on the steps of the Capitol building, where they were demanding action on climate change. https://t.co/rAq8Xwi5fE pic.twitter.com/lIcxYeGd5Z
— ABC News (@ABC) October 11, 2019
Jane asked her fans to “come get arrested” with her earlier this week, as she revealed her plans to protest every Friday morning at 11am, dubbing the movement ‘Fire Drill Fridays’.
Following her arrest, Jane shared a blog post about the protest, and said “the press coverage was awesome”.
She wrote: “White plastic ‘handcuffs’ were put on each of us, we were taken to the nearby police station for a few hours. The plastic handcuffs hurt more than the metal ones and I discovered that it’s not easy for an 82-year-old to get in and out of a police paddy wagon without the use of her hands.”
“All the police women and men were super polite and nice. There were about 16 of us all together, divided into 2 cells with the doors left open. We used the time, a few hours, to organize and plan.”
“Then we each paid $50 (Fire Drill Friday provided the funds for those who didn’t have) and were released. We then walked to a nearby coffeehouse and debriefed.”
Read more of her blog post here.
