Washington– A protester and three U.S. Capitol Police officers were treated for injuries in the Senate Office Building on Wednesday after the protester resisted arrest for disruptive behavior and held down a doorway as officers and a Republican senator tried to drag him out of the chamber.
Capitol Police said in a statement that the protester, Brian C. McGinnis, of North Carolina, was arrested and faces three counts of assaulting a police officer, three counts of resisting arrest and unlawful demonstration.
“This afternoon, an unruly man who began unlawfully protesting during a hearing put everyone in a dangerous situation by violently resisting and fighting our officer’s attempts to remove him from the room,” Capitol Police said in a statement.
numerous videos It showed that McGinnis stood up and started screaming during the Senate armed forces hearing and that police officers immediately grabbed him and tried to remove him from the room. McGuinness was protesting US military campaign in IranHe shouts: “America does not want to send its sons and daughters to war for Israel!”
Officers pulled McGuinness towards the exit where he violently resisted them and grabbed the doorway as they tried to get him out. Montana Sen. Tim Sheehy, a Republican on the Armed Services Committee and a former Marine, ran to help and pulled the protester’s arm out the door while other protesters shouted that McGinnis’ hand was stuck.
Capitol Police said in the statement that McGinnis “pinned his arm through the door to resist our officers and return to the hearing room,” and said he received treatment for his injuries.
Al-Shehhi said in a statement on social media that he is trying to calm the situation.
“This man came to the Capitol looking for a confrontation, and he got one. I hope he gets the help he needs without causing more violence,” Sheehy said.
A video posted on X’s account under the name Brian McGinnis appears to show the same man standing outside the Capitol Wednesday morning before the hearing. The account description says he is “Green Party candidate for US Senate.”
He says in the video that he was “here in D.C. trying to speak out against the Senate” asking them about sending the country into war.
“Anyone who feels disappointed and betrayed by our government, you are not alone,” he says in the video.