Washington DC – Puerto Rican Congresswoman nidia velazquez You Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez He was arrested today by police in the midst of an act of civil disobedience against a United States Supreme Court decision to end the federal constitutional right to abortion.
Velázquez and Ocasio Cortez were two of several Democratic federal lawmakers who blocked the road in front of the US Supreme Court.
Photos taken by “statesnewsroom.com” reporter Jennifer Schutt captured the moment Velázquez and Ocasio Cortez were arrested.
Typically, Washington DC police detain those who commit acts of civil disobedience for a few hours.
“It’s time to create positive problems,” said Congresswoman Velázquez on Twitter.
