Washington Free Beacon Democratic congressman Jamaal Bowman of New York was arrested outside of the U.S. Capitol building after disobeying orders from Capitol Police on three different occasions, the law enforcement agency said.
Capitol Police arrested Bowman on Thursday after the New York Democrat protested outside Congress in support of his party’s failed election reform package. Bowman and a handful of other activists blocked a Capitol barricade and refused to move after police gave them three warnings, the department said in a statement.
Bowman was one of 27 arrested for violating both Capitol Police regulations and District of Columbia law barring crowds from obstructing a passageway after being ordered to disburse by police, a misdemeanor punishable by 90 days in prison…
