Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein and vice-presidential candidate Cheri Honkala were arrested Tuesday outside Hofstra University after attempting to join the presidential debate. Stein condemned what she called a “this mock debate, this mockery of democracy.” The third-party candidates were blocked by a solid wall of police officers before sitting down on the ground. They were then arrested.

Dr. Jill Stein: “We’re here to stand our ground. We’re here to stand ground for the American people, who have been systematically locked out of these debates for decades by the Commission on Presidential Debates. We think that this commission is entirely illegitimate; that if — if democracy truly prevailed, there would be no such commission, that the debates would still be run by the League of Women Voters, that the debates would be open.”

Police officer: “Ladies and gentlemen, you are obstructing the vehicle of pedestrians and traffic. If you refuse to move you are subject to arrest. … Remove them, bring them back to arrest them, please.”