Activist and Code Pink (a pro-peace feminist organization) founder Medea Benjamin was simply walking the halls of Congress when she spotted Republican U.S. Rep. Darrel Issa of California. She asked him about Israel’s attack on Qatar, and his rude reply was ”go away.”

She followed him a few feet into his office to repeat her question, and he instructed his staff to “take her phone.” They called the Capitol police, and Medea Benjamin was arrested for “impeding a congressman,” She now has a court date for October.

Medea’s arrest is not the first attempt to criminalize dissent in this era of lies and misinformation. When National Guard roam the streets of Washington, D.C., randomly stopping, arresting and deporting people, detaining Medea is business as usual in this repressive regime.

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