Over 400 Detained In Washington Protest
KABUL: (MEP) US authorities arrested more than 400 people in Washington, DC after the Democracy Spring march and sit-in at the US Capitol building.
The Democracy Spring movement is calling on Congress to take immediate action on four key solutions, all of which aim to reduce the influence of money in politics, expand and protect voting rights, and ensure all Americans have an equal voice in the US government.
Protesters focused their demands on creating fairer elections and politics that are unmarred by corporations’ big bucks.
They said Congress needs to act now to protect the voting rights of every American. More than 3,600 people from across the country pledged to risk arrest if their demands are not met.
They chanted slogans like “one person, one vote” and “money out of politics” as they were sitting on the East Front of the Capitol.
The demonstrators were also demanding that the Senate fulfill its constitutional responsibilities pertaining to the Supreme Court.
“This movement should be unstoppable, because the vast majority of Americans already want it to succeed,” said Robert Schaff, a protester with Democracy Springs. “We just need to give the hope that it can succeed so that we can muster the strength so that we can overcome the special interests that are blocking reform.”
