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U.S. lawmakers arrested in Darfur protest at Sudan embassy
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| Contributor | Brandonius Maximus |
| Last Edited | Brandonius Maximus Apr 27, 2009 01:41pm |
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| News Date | Monday, April 27, 2009 07:40:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | WASHINGTON (CNN) – Five members of Congress were among among those arrested Monday outside the Embassy of Sudan for crossing a police line during a demonstration against genocide in Darfur.
"You have to find a way to dramatize an issue," Rep. John Lewis (D-Georgia) told CNN as he was led away in handcuffs.
The other U.S. lawmakers who were arrested during the protest are Reps. Jim McGovern (D-Massachusetts), Donna Edwards (D-Maryland), Keith Ellison (D-Minnesota), and Lynn Woolsey (D-California).
Lewis faces a misdemeanor charge of trespassing, after he refused three warnings from police to stay behind a barricade established toprotect the diplomatic compound located along Washington's Embassy Row.
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