Jane Fonda Arrested Outside U.S. Capitol Building At Climate Change Protest
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WJZ) -- Jane Fonda was arrested Friday as she protested climate change on the steps of the U.S. Capitol Building, CBS affiliate WUSA reports. The 81-year-old actress and a group of protestors were participating in her weekly "Fire Drill Friday" campaign.
A total of 16 people were arrested at the protest on Friday, Capitol Police told CBS News. They were all charged with crowding, obstructing or incommoding.
Fonda, who moved to Washington, D.C., to fight against climate change, made a vow to demonstrate on the steps of the Capitol building every Friday through January. Celebrities, scientists, economists and people from impacted communities will join her for "Fire Drill Friday," each week.
Happening Now — @Janefonda is HERE on Capitol Hill...
— Mike Valerio (@ValerioCNN) October 11, 2019
Planning to be arrested while protesting climate change political paralysis.
She tells us she'll be here *every* Friday into 2020 — demonstrate, get arrested, repeat.@WUSA9 #ClimateChange #breaking #FireDrillFriday pic.twitter.com/4bvV4qVmxg