Civil rights leader Rev Jesse Jackson and social justice activist Rev. William Barber II were arrested this week as they participated during a Capitol Hill protest over filibuster’s abolition and voting rights.
However, the US Capitol police said that the two were among the 21 people who were arrested near Supreme Court for crowding and obstruction.
“When you start rolling back voter registration, rolling back early voting, undermining mail in balloting, putting limits on people even being able to get water, doing racist gerrymandering, class-based gerrymandering, you hurt Black people, you hurt White people, you hurt Asians, Natives, Latinos, young people and the disabled,” Barber told media.
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