{"id":2231998,"date":"2024-04-28T11:57:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-28T15:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/green-party-presidential-candidate-jill-stein-arrested\/"},"modified":"2024-04-28T11:58:06","modified_gmt":"2024-04-28T15:58:06","slug":"green-party-presidential-candidate-jill-stein-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/green-party-presidential-candidate-jill-stein-arrested\/","title":{"rendered":"Jill Stein, Green Party Candidate, Arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgreen-party-presidential-candidate-jill-stein-arrested%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2231998&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein was arrested \u2062during a campus protest, along with her Campaign Manager \u200cand Deputy Campaign \u2062Manager. Stein captured the incident on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-threads-colluding-with-feds-to-censor-americans-like-facebook-did-judiciary-chair-jordan-asks-zuckerberg-for-answers\/\" title=\"Did Threads collude with feds to censor Americans, similar to Facebook? Jordan, Judiciary Chair, seeks answers from Zuckerberg.\">social media\u200d platform<\/a> X. She claimed to be a victim of assault and faces charges. The protest\u2062 aimed at various demands, including condemning Israel&#8217;s actions. Stein expressed support for the protesters&#8217; cause before\u2063 her arrest.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/%20\"><span>Jack Davis<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   April 28, 2024 at 8:04am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Jill Stein, the Green Party candidate for president, was arrested Saturday during a campus protest.<\/p>\n<p>Lest her arrest not get the publicity the campaign wanted, Stein <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrJillStein\/status\/1784411081340809348\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted video<\/a> of it on the social media platform X.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJill Stein and her Campaign Manager and Deputy Campaign Manager, Jason Call and Kelly Merrill-Cayer, have been arrested at Washington University in St. Louis while supporting a protest against WashU\u2019s ties to the war on Gaza,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: Jill Stein and her Campaign Manager and Deputy Campaign Manager, Jason Call and Kelly Merrill-Cayer, have been arrested at Washington University in St. Louis while supporting a protest against WashU\u2019s ties to the war on Gaza.<br \/> Video from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KallieECox?\">@KallieECox<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rkUYC9b5Qx\">pic.twitter.com\/rkUYC9b5Qx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr. Jill Stein\ud83c\udf3b (@DrJillStein) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrJillStein\/status\/1784411081340809348?\">April 28, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Stein, who could attract leftist supporters who think <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dr-jill-stein-calls-bidens-cognitive-decline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President Joe Biden<\/a> isn\u2019t leftist enough,\u00a0was among 80 people arrested Saturday, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksdk.com\/article\/news\/politics\/green-party-presidential-candidate-jill-stein-arrested-booked-assault-charges-during-pro-palestine-encampment-protest-demonstration-washu-stlouis\/63-31183095-0717-4497-b745-18ddc0f24c34\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KDSK-TV<\/a> in St. Louis.<\/p>\n<p>Stein told the station she was charged with assault.<\/p>\n<p>She was booked into the jail just before 7:30 p.m. Saturday and released at 1:30 a.m. Sunday, KDSK reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI sat a long time sitting alone in a cell, and I had no idea\u2014 \u2018Did anybody even know I was there?\u2019 I was separated from the group, and I was like, \u2018Am I going be there all night or in here for a week?&#8217;\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Would you vote for Stein over Biden?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Stein claimed she was really the victim of assault.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got separated from the rest of the crowd, you know, and actually initially felt like there was a lot of safety in numbers. Then, it turned out I was being charged with assault after being assaulted by an officer on a bicycle and basically thrown onto my head,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>She was captured on video in the thick of the clash between police and protesters.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Green Party politician Jill Stein ASSAULTS police officers by pushing a bicycle into them as they tried to push crowds back at Washington University in St Louis.<\/p>\n<p>Stein was arrested shortly after and taken away with her hands tied with zip cuffs. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gYxdb2TJip\">pic.twitter.com\/gYxdb2TJip<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Oli London (@OliLondonTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OliLondonTV\/status\/1784537617737924790?\">April 28, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The university said all those arrested will face <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-aoc-sends-signal-college-protesters-within-hours-mob-forces-columbia-take-drastic-action\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trespassing charges<\/a>, adding that some protesters will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/witch-hunt-mueller-prosecutor-says-trump-could-face-charges-after-pardons\/\" title=\"WITCH HUNT: Mueller Prosecutor Says Trump Could Face Charges After Pardons\">face charges<\/a> for resisting arrest and for assault in connection with injuries sustained by Washington University police.<\/p>\n<p>The protest group at Washington University wants the college to drop any charges and suspensions against students protesting against the college; boycott Boeing, which sells warplanes to Israel as well as the United States military; boycott any Israeli educational institution, give land back to indigenous communities; and issue a statement condemning Israel for its war against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/chilling-palestinian-poll-answers-show-israel-finish-job-wipe-hamas-terrorists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hamas terrorists<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">From an interview before her arrest at Washington University: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IaaiWcpsIq\">pic.twitter.com\/IaaiWcpsIq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kallie Cox (@KallieECox) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KallieECox\/status\/1784429803795333153?\">April 28, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re here to support the students who are standing up for our highest American values, for our democracy and for an end to this genocide which is unacceptable and a blight on this nation,\u201d Stein said prior to her arrest, according to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/jill-stein-handcuffed-college-protest-1894926\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Newsweek<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt must be stopped. The American people want it stopped. That\u2019s what these students are here standing up for,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stltoday.com\/news\/local\/education\/protest-of-gaza-war-at-st-louis-washington-university-ends-with-more-than-80-arrests\/article_546b79ce-04da-11ef-aa5b-b7d719f4ba9d.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Louis Post-Dispatch<\/a> said a college statement blamed some of the protest violence on outsiders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt quickly became clear through the words and actions of this group that they did not have good intentions on our campus and that this demonstration had the potential to get out of control and become dangerous,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>\u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d Those 12 words have been stuck in my head since I first read them. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Former Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn recently made that comment to Floyd Brown, founder of The Western Journal. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>And if the leftists and the elites get their way, that\u2019s exactly what will happen \u2014 no real election, no real choice for the Electoral College, and no real say for the American people. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Western Journal is fighting to keep that from happening, but we can\u2019t do it alone.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We work tirelessly to expose the lying leftist media and the corrupt America-hating elites.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>But Big Tech\u2019s stranglehold is now so tight that <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>without help<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  from you, we will not be able to continue the fight. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The 2024 election is literally the most important election for every living American. We have to unite and fight for our country, otherwise we will lose it. And if we lose the America we love in 2024, we\u2019ll lose it for good. Can we <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>count on you<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  to help? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>With you we will be able to field journalists, do more investigative work, expose more corruption, and get desperately needed truth to millions of Americans. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We can do this only with your help. Please don\u2019t wait one minute.<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>  Donate right now<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Thank you for reading,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Josh Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>P.S. Please <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  today.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-44685\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44685\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44685\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44685\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44685\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-military-issues-dire-warning-about-chinas-rapid-military-nuclear-weapons-buildup\/\" title=\"U.S. Military Issues Dire Warning About China\u2019s Rapid Military, Nuclear Weapons Buildup\">military issues<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and military issues. <br \/> Jack can be reached at jackwritings1@gmail.com. <\/p>\n<p>  Location <\/p>\n<p>  New York City <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  Politics, Foreign Policy, Military &#038; Defense Issues <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein was arrested during a campus protest on Saturday. In a bid to garner more publicity, she shared a video of the incident on the social media platform X. 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