Green Party presidential candidate Dr. Jill Stein said she may have suffered a rib fracture after she says she was knocked to the ground and assaulted by police during her arrest at a pro-Palestine protest at Washington University in St. Louis.
“Today I have really sore ribs, I’m going to the emergency room to see whether I have a rib fracture because they were using their bikes as a weapon,” Stein said during a Sunday interview on “NewsNation Prime.” “Basically ramming the handles of the bike into our chests and into my ribcage and trying to flip us over.”
Stein, 73, who was arrested Saturday, spent six hours in police custody and is facing charges of assaulting a police officer. “I wiggled out of that assault, and was told by the officer that I was assaulting him, which is absolutely ludicrous,” Stein said.
Didn't really give a hoot about her hitherto (except thinking it's very funny when libs mald about her 2016 run) but huge respect to her for this
It would've been so easy not to show up, but she did. Maybe if you wanna be cynical you could say she's just trying to pump up her approval with the kids, but I chose to believe
Jill Stein has never been a stranger to protests. Honestly shocked she hasn't faced stuff like this more.