US EditionGOP senator joins Capitol Police in attempt to forcibly remove anti-war protester during hearing
Sen. Sheehy joined Capitol Police to remove protester Brian McGinnis, who resisted and was charged with assault; three officers required medical treatment, police said.
- Sen. Tim Sheehy helped officers from the United States Capitol Police detain a protester during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing about the war in Iran.
- A video shared by Sheehy on X appears to show the senator and three officers forcefully attempting to remove the protester while the man’s hand became trapped in a door frame, prompting people in the room to shout warnings about his hand.
- During the struggle, the man yelled that “no one wants to fight for Israel,” and after officers stopped pulling him from the doorway, he said his hand was injured when asked by a bystander.
- Police later identified the man as Brian McGinnis, a 44-year-old from North Carolina and a Green Party candidate for the U.S.
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Tim Sheehy Injures Anti-War Protester: 'The Senator Broke His Hand!'
Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT) was accused of breaking the hand of Marine veteran and anti-war activist Brian McGinnis. During a break in a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Wednesday, McGinnis put his hand through a hole in the wall to prevent Capitol Police from removing him from the room. A video recorded by another anti-war activist showed Sheehy getting in on the melee by grabbing McGinnis and attempting to force him through the doorway. "…
The former sergeant of the Marines Brian McGinnis protested during a hearing in the Senate against the Israeli-American military intervention in Iran. In a video we see the man screaming, while he is dragged away by the agents: "Nobody wants to fight for Israel." In the video, reports the CNN, also appears the Republican Senator Tim Sheehy who helps the police. The veteran was then treated for injury to the hand, The article
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