Eight Maryland students were arrested for protesting gun violence outside House Speaker Paul Ryan’s office on Friday.
The students were protesting hours after 10 people were killed and 10 more wounded at a high school shooting in Santa Fe, Texas. They were arrested on charges of “crowding, obstructing, or incommoding,” the U.S. Capitol Police confirmed to HuffPost.
The students are members of the Montgomery County Students for Gun Control.
Sit in @ House Office Building – @moco4guncontro https://t.co/Uu3TLLEYDJ
— Nate Tinbite (@NateTinbite) May 18, 2018
David Hogg, a survivor of February’s school shooting in Parkland, Fla. and gun control activist, tweeted his support of the protest.
I love these kids almost as much as @SpeakerRyan loves arresting students practicing their First Amendment rights to peacefully protest. #AllowTheVote https://t.co/PXvmfbrJpl
— David Hogg (@davidhogg111) May 18, 2018
