Days earlier, the vice president called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
Anasilvia Gomez-Zamora, 30, was standing on the sidewalk along the motorcade route with a group of about twenty protesters who were chanting “Free” and waving Palestinian flags, officers with the Phoenix Fraternal Order of Police told The Daily Beast. As the motorcade passed by, Gomez Zamora allegedly threw the red dye at the officers.
“They were clearly protesting the Gaza war,” John Simon, the president of Phoenix’s FOP said. “I believe they were the only protest group out there.” The dye was determined to be non-hazardous and didn’t impede the motorcade’s route. Police took Gomez Zamora into custody and she was booked into Maricopa County Jail on eight charges of aggravated assault against a police officer. She was released hours later, Simon said.Vice President Harris was campaigning in Phoenix as part of her “Fight for Your Reproductive Freedoms” tour.
The Biden administration’s stance on Gaza has also threatened the Biden-Harris reelection campaign, with larger-than-usual number of voters in several states choosing “
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