WATCH: Men in suits yelling ‘believe women’ outside US Supreme Court arrested
Police arrested a group of men who blocked the road outside the United States Supreme Court on Oct. 5.
The men were protesting the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the court. The U.S. Senate has voted 50-48 in favor of his confirmation as Supreme Court justice.
Kavanaugh has been accused by university professor Christine Blasey Ford of attempted rape.
#StopKavanaugh #CancelKavanauh #BelieveSurvivors Arrests being made. Happening now! #NoJusticeNoPeace pic.twitter.com/2sTlGFWDDo
— OurFriendKen (@OurFriendKen) October 5, 2018
In this footage from Twitter user @OurFriendKen, activists wearing suits link arms in the road and refuse police orders for them to move.
Police building up a presence at #CancelKanavaugh protests. They have zip ties in hand. #StopKanavaugh #BelieveSurviviors pic.twitter.com/jGWU9oeQqD
— OurFriendKen (@OurFriendKen) October 5, 2018
As they were led away by police, they chanted, “Believe women! Believe survivors!” JB
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