TheFull Housealum, 40, can be seen in avideospeaking into a megaphone from the side of a freeway ramp before officers violently push her to the ground. The incident occurred following theSupreme Court’s decision to overturn 1973’s Roe v. Wadeand the constitutional right to abortion.
“As the nation continues to wrestle with the latest Supreme Court decision, the Los Angeles Police Department will continue to facilitate 1st Amendment rights, while protecting life and property.
Sweetin’s rep tells PEOPLE that the actress is OK after the demonstration.
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“I’m extremely proud of the hundreds of people who showed up yesterday to exercise their First Amendment rights and take immediate action to peacefully protest the giant injustices that have been delivered from our Supreme Court,” Sweetin says in a statement.
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“Our activism will continue until our voices are heard and action is taken,” she adds. “This will not deter us, we will continue fighting for our rights. We are not free until ALL of us are free.”
Michael Ade, the photographer who shared thevideosof LAPD shoving Sweetin and other protesters, claimed that she “was trying to lead a group of peaceful protestors away from the freeway” before the mayhem unfolded.
“Jodi is the definition of a real one and fortunately she’s okay!” Ade added in the caption.
Friday’s6-to-3 rulingreversed nearly 50 years of precedent, giving states the power to pass their own laws around abortion. Since the decision, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri and South Dakota have alreadybanned abortion in their states, afterputting “trigger bans” in placethat governors enacted after the SCOTUS ruling.
Activists protesting against the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade marched onto the 110 Freeway in Downton Los Angeles on June 24.Jill Connelly/ZUMA Press Wire
source: people.com
