Actor Sam Waterston was arrested for the second time during a protest over climate change outside the U.S. Capitol building in Washington D.C.
on Friday.
According to the Twitter account for Fire Drill Fridays, a name coined by climate activists that refers to their weekly demonstrations, the focus of the protest wasEva Malecki, spokeswoman for the U.S. Capitol Police, toldthat the federal agency responded to "unlawful demonstration activity at First and East Capitol Streets, [where] forty individuals were arrested and charged with D.C. Code 22-1307, Crowding, Obstructing, or Incommoding.
On social media, Waterston was captured on video, with his hands in handcuffs, being taken into custody by law enforcement. "Thank you, Sam Waterston! Arrested for the 2nd time with #FireDrillFriday," the account captioned the video.
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