In it
Medvin lays out in detail what she illustrates as the hypocrisy of the
government’s approach to punishing (or not punishing) protesters opposing
the nomination of Justice Brett Kavanaugh in 2018. Protesters entering
the Capitol were charged under local D.C. statutes as opposed to federal
ones.
Medvin
cites a tweet from the Women’s March Twitter account during that
protest. “Hundreds of people are being trained for today’s
#CancelKavanaugh action every 30 minutes this morning. We’re going to
flood the Capitol.” Crisis Magazine tweeted later that day:
“@womensmarch just took the Capitol. Women, survivors, and allies walked
straight past the police, climbed over barricades, and sat down on the
Capitol steps.” Others did make it inside the building, into the
gallery, disrupting Senate proceedings. They were charged with
“Crowding, Obstructing, or Incommoding,” under the local D.C. code.
Medvin
points out that only one of the Kavanaugh protesters was charged under
federal statutes and that person was ultimately not prosecuted. But even
more importantly, in court papers from that case, it states, “Notably,
no other person charged with protest and/or disruptive-type behavior at
the U.S. Capitol Grounds has been previously charged in federal court
for the District of Columbia.”
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