U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) was detained and taken into custody by federal authorities earlier today after disrupting a press conference held by Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem in Los Angeles, California.
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Senator Alex Padilla’s office has issued a statement following his earlier detention by federal law enforcement in Los Angeles. According to the statement, Senator Padilla was attempting to ask Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem a question during a press conference when he was forcibly removed by federal agents, taken to the ground, and handcuffed. The senator has since been released from custody.
It is normal for the opposition to be arrested in a democracy, yes? 👀
Aren't senators have immunity from arrest or something?
Not unless they are on their way to an official vote.
I didn't realise it was only limited to attending their house.
Yeah. It doesn't say they can't be arrested or anything. Rather they cannot be detained to slow a vote. After the vote, they can absolutely be arrested however.
That man has a right to defend himself.
He is being tresspassed, but he is refusing to leave. You don't just get to walk into a building uninvited and claim "self defense" when they try to get you to leave.
Looks to me like he's at a public event. Regardless, if he didn't touch anyone, and others touched him, he absolutely has a right to defend himself - lethally. And nothing else matters in the slightest. Not what he said, not what he looks like, nothing.
Now fuck off, moron.
