US EditionRev. William Barber Arrested in Capitol Rotunda After Praying Against Republican-Led Budget
- Rev. William Barber II, a North Carolina pastor and national anti-poverty activist, was arrested Monday while praying inside the U.S. Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C.
- The group of 20 to 30 people had joined an interfaith Moral Mondays rally outside the Supreme Court and entered the Capitol to protest impending federal budget cuts targeting poor and vulnerable populations.
- Dr. William Barber II joined Rev. Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove and Steve Swayne in offering a planned prayer near statues honoring suffragettes and Martin Luther King Jr. Inside the Capitol before Capitol Police intervened, ordering them to cease and subsequently arresting them for engaging in an unauthorized demonstration.
- The three individuals were charged with "crowding, obstructing, and incommoding" under a D.C. Law that prohibits forms of public demonstration inside Congressional buildings, including actions such as sitting, kneeling, praying together, singing, or chanting.
- Barber stated he plans to persist with peaceful demonstrations opposing the $1.5 trillion in budget reductions that endanger programs such as Medicaid and Social Security, while the arrests have sparked widespread discussion about the role of religious expression and the legality of protests in federal venues.
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We must arrest the attention of the nation
In the rotunda of the US Capitol yesterday [Monday, April 28], while praying in front of the monument that honors the founders of the women’s suffrage movement, we were arrested by Capitol police. We have been released from custody; thank you to everyone who has reached out to ask about us. We are OK, but all is not well. We were in Washington, DC, yesterday to launch Moral Mondays with fellow clergy, moral leaders, and scores of people who will…
William Barber arrested in Capitol Rotunda after praying against Republican-led budget
Prominent pastor and anti-poverty activist William Barber and two others were arrested while praying in the US Capitol Rotunda on Monday, an action he said would be part of a recurring series of demonstrations aimed at challenging the Republican-led budget bill.
Rev. William Barber arrested while praying at US Capitol. Here’s what we know.
North Carolina-based pastor and national anti-poverty activist Rev. William Barber II was arrested with two other clergy members Monday while praying at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. The three were part of a group of 20 to 30 people who had gone to the Capitol after a larger “Moral Mondays” rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court building. Organizers say the gatherings are in opposition to cuts that have been made or proposed in the federal budge…
Rev. William Barber decries GOP budget in ‘Moral Monday’ protest at the U.S. Capitol
By Lauren BurkeBlackPressUSAAs congressional Republicans prepare to make $1.5 trillion dollars in budget cuts – cuts that will include government assistance to low-income Americans – the Rev. William Barber traveled to the U.S. Capitol to push back against them–and was arrested for his efforts.The trip to speak out against what he views as economic injustice and unfairness was not his first to Washington. It is unlikely to be his last. In a stat…
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