Jane Fonda Arrested With ‘Grace And Frankie’ Costar Sam Waterston In Washington D.C. Climate Change Protest
By Ted Johnson
October 18, 2019 10:08am
Jane Fonda, in an ongoing effort to call attention to the need for action on climate change, was arrested again on Friday at the Capitol, this time with her Grace and Frankie costar (and Law & Order vet) Sam Waterston.
Fonda, 81, and Waterston, 78, were joined by about a dozen others who briefly blocked First Street on the east side of the Capitol, just in front of the Library of Congress. They had engaged in a rally, called Fire Drill Fridays, which is calling for immediate action on the environment with a Green New Deal.
They marched briefly with demonstrators, chanting “Our house is on fire! Put the fire out!,†before making their way to the street, where officers arrived within about a minute. ...
Asked by a reporter beforehand why it made sense to get arrested as a way to draw attention to the issue,
Waterston said, “I have to do something. I don’t know. You got a better idea?†...
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