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May 4, 2017

CodePink Activists Face Up to 1 Year in Prison over Jeff Sessions Protest
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In Washington, D.C., three members of the activist group Code Pink were
convicted Wednesday over their role in a January 10 protest against a
Senate confirmation hearing for Jeff Sessions as attorney general. One
of the three, Desiree Ali-Fairooz, faces up to 12 months in prison on
"disruptive conduct" charges, after she let out a burst of laughter when
Sessions said he had a record of "treating all Americans equally under
the law." During the protest, the demonstrators wore white hooded robes
and chanted "No Trump! No KKK! No fascist U.S.A.!" Sessions has a
history of making racist comments, including reportedly saying he
thought the Ku Klux Klan was "OK until I found out they smoked pot."


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