Police charged her with obstructing a roadway and failing to obey a lawful order from an officer. Grand Rapids police say protesters were told multiple times to move off the street and onto the sidewalk. Video of her arrest went viral, sparking debate about protest policing and free speech.
She has been released from jail and had this to say: 👇
https://bird.makeup/users/allenanalysis/statuses/2008270949372883322
Holy shit.
Police just arrested a woman for protesting and saying, “This isn’t just a foreign issue, it’s our tax dollars being used to commit war crimes,” in reference to Venezuela.
If that speech is enough to put you in handcuffs, then the problem isn’t public safety.
It’s dissent.
The First Amendment doesn’t die all at once.
It gets strangled in moments like this.