Schumer and Ratajkowski detained during anti-Kavanaugh protest

By Sanya Burgess, news reporter
Comedian Amy Schumer has been detained during a protest against Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination.
Footage showed Schumer being lined up by police along with a number of other demonstrators in Washington who shouted and waved signs inside the atrium of the Hart Senate Office building on Thursday.A video shared on social media shows the Hollywood star being herded into a group of other protesting women by a policeman who asks her: "Do you want to be arrested?"She replies: "Yes."A second video, apparently filmed by Schumer herself and sent to a woman who posted it online, sees the comedian say: "Hi Zola, I'm here with your mom.
Here is @amyschumer telling cops she *wants* to be arrested.
Cop asks “Do you want to be arrested?”
Schumer: “Yes.”
Save this for the “I can’t believe I was arrested for free speech!” Tweet from her soon. pic.twitter.com/TLGaDAyh1T— Benny (@bennyjohnson) October 4, 2018
MY MOM AND AMY SCHUMER ARE GETTING ARRESTED TOGETHER AND AMY SAID HI TO ME pic.twitter.com/AqZUBUxUrd— Z (@Theboldtype_z) October 4, 2018
"She loves you very much."I think we're going to get arrested - and we're so proud of you."She was among thousands of anti-Kavanaugh protesters who rallied outside the Supreme Court and entered a Senate office building, holding signs such as "Believe Survivors" and "Kava-Nope.":: Kavanaugh battle is America's moment of reckoning
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Actress and model Emily Ratajkowski was also among the protesters and said on social media that she "was arrested protesting the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh, a man who has been accused by multiple women of sexual assault".She added: "Men who hurt women can no longer be placed in positions of power."
Today I was arrested protesting the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh, a man who has been accused by multiple women of sexual assault. Men who hurt women can no longer be placed in positions of power. pic.twitter.com/nnwq1O4qk3— Emily Ratajkowski (@emrata) October 4, 2018

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Schumer was one of thousands of people protesting the nomination
Police had shut down the Capitol Building in advance of the protest, prompting participants to gather in the Hart building instead, according to Women's March which reportedly organised the protest.The protest came as the chairman of the Senate judiciary committee, Chuck Grassley, said the FBI had found "no hint of misconduct" in its investigation into Mr Kavanaugh.

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Hundreds stormed the Hart Building of the US Senate to protest the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh.
The nominee has been accused of sexual assault by professor Christine Blasey Ford.