'Just the Beginning' as 400 Arrested on Capitol Steps Protesting Big Money in Politics
"The coalition, which includes members of over 100 pro-democracy, civil rights, environmental, and peace organizations, says that more than 3,700 people have pledged to risk arrest, which would make Democracy Spring "the largest American civil disobedience action in a generation." Newkirk said that it took hours to process the nearly 500 arrests and that there will be even more people joining the sit-ins Tuesday."