And in Washington, D.C., the Justice Department has dropped a case against a CodePink protester who faced up to 12 months in prison on “disruptive conduct” charges, after she let out a burst of laughter during Senate confirmation hearings for Jeff Sessions as attorney general. Desiree Fairooz was arrested in January after she laughed audibly when Sessions said he had a record of “treating all Americans equally under the law.” During the protest, demonstrators wore white hooded robes and chanted “No Trump! No KKK! No fascist U.S.A.!” Sessions has a long history of making racist comments, including reportedly saying he thought the Ku Klux Klan was “OK until I found out they smoked pot.”
DOJ Drops Case Against Protester for Laughing at Jeff Sessions
HeadlineNov 08, 2017
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