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actor Jodi SweetinChild Star of a ’90s Sitcom full housewas pushed to the ground During one by Los Angeles police officers abortion rights Protest on Sunday.
Video footage of the incident was shared on social media On Sunday, 40-year-old Sweetin led a group of people protesting against the US Supreme Court Roe vs. Wade ruling.
photographer Michael Eddy Push captured. In the video, two Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers can be seen Removing Sweetin from the Embankment on the side of the highway. Sweetin gets down hard on one knee before quickly getting back up. The crowd can be heard chanting “No justice, no peace” in the background.
“What’s wrong with you guys?” A protester can be heard shouting at the officers in response.
Sweetin, who plays middle child Stephanie Tanner on the ABC sitcom, issued a statement on Sunday responding to concerns for her well-being.
“I am so proud of the hundreds of people who showed up yesterday to exercise their First Amendment rights and take immediate action. peaceful protest Huge injustice inflicted by our Supreme Court,” she said, according to several news outlets.
“Our activism will continue till our voices are heard and action is taken. This will not stop us, we will continue to fight for our rights. We are not free until we are all free.”
Another video posted from AD shows a group of LAPD officers Violently pushing back the protesters and hitting many of them with batons In downtown LA, a young woman is pushed into a group beheading on a bicycle, while another man shields his head after being hit by multiple officers’ batons. Two other protesters can be seen throwing their clothes here and there.
LAPD told NBC Los Angeles that they have seen the video and investigating the use of force by its employees.
“The LAPD is aware of a video clip of a woman being caught by officers not allowing the group to enter on foot and overtake the 101 Freeway,” the statement sent to NBC 4 said.
“The force used will be assessed against the policy and procedure of the LAPD. As the nation continues to wrestle with the latest Supreme Court decision, the Los Angeles Police Department will continue Facilitate First Amendment RightsWhile protecting life and property. ,
Black women will suffer the most from Roe v. Wade collapse as options have disappeared: Experts
Supreme Court voted on Friday End a nationwide constitutional right to abortion In the US, now giving individual states the power to ban, limit or allow abortion. The ruling reverses nearly 50 years of federal abortion protection.
Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Amy Connie Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh voted to end the historic federal abortion protection. Chief Justice John Roberts did not approve of Row’s termination.
“The majority has rejected Roe and Casey for one and only one reason: because it has always despised them, and now they have the votes to sack them,” said Justices Stephen Breuer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan in a joint wrote, 59 page disagreement,
“With sadness — for this Court, but more than that, for the millions of American women who have lost a fundamental constitutional protection today — we disagree.”
This decision sparked a wave of Protests across the US and Canada in the weekends.
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