73 Arrests Made on Day Two of Kavanaugh Hearings Demonstrators have been protesting <br />at the Senate Judiciary Committee <br />public hearings all week. The first day of hearings on Kavanaugh <br />on Tuesday resulted in 70 arrests. Actress Piper Perabo was <br />even among those arrested. The second day of hearings on <br />Wednesday resulted in 73 arrests, <br />according to U.S. Capitol Police. The protesters began disrupting <br />things almost immediately after <br />Sen. Chuck Grassley brought <br />the hearing into session. According to a police statement, sixty-six people were removed from the room <br />and charged with disorderly conduct. One individual was arrested in the <br />atrium of the Senate office building, <br />and six others were removed from <br />a different Senate office building. The charges included resisting <br />arrest, "crowding, obstructing, <br />or incommoding" and "unlawful <br />demonstration activities."
