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The founders of ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s were arrested in Washington D.C. Monday during the final day of protests against corporate money in campaigns.
The demonstrations at the U.S. Capitol lasted a week and saw a record number of arrests at a protest in the District.
U.S. Capitol Police arrested more than 1,400 protesters during Democracy Spring and Democracy Awakens’ seven days of demonstrations at the Capitol. The event broke the D.C. record for most arrests during an event, the Democracy Spring protesters said.
About 300 demonstrators and 60 organizational leaders were taken in on the final day of sit-ins on the east side of the Capitol, including the cofounders of Ben & Jerry’s, the president of the NAACP and executive vice president of the AFL-CIO labor federation.