Mass. U.S. Reps. Katherine Clark and Ayanna Pressley and 12+ other House Democrats were arrested Tuesday for blocking traffic at a protest outside the Supreme Court criticizing the ruling last month that ended the constitutional right to an abortion.
, paraphrasing the late civil rights leader and former colleague John Lewis.
"It is against the law to block traffic, so officers are going to give our standard three warnings before they start making arrests," police tweeted at 1:18 p.m., adding minutes later that officers had begun making arrests to clear the road.
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