30 Days in Jail For Blocking Traffic: DOJ
Climate activist Donald Zepeda stopped traffic on the GW Parkway. The next day he threw powder on display holding the U.S. Constitution. DOJ wants to stop “undeterred recidivism”
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Editor’s Note (5/19/24): This story has been updated with a comment from Declare Emergency.
The Justice Department wants a climate activist who blocked traffic on a D.C.-area road to spend a day in jail for each of the minutes it was impassable. Prosecuto…
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