The father of a student killed in the Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooting was pinned to the ground and arrested at the U.S. Capitol after protesting during a hearing on what Republicans called federal government 'overreach' regarding gun ownership.
after shouting at President Joe Biden for, he said, not doing enough on the issue.
It wasn't immediately clear what happened prior to Manuel Oliver being taken to the ground. One officer told ABC News that he was "resisting" and "moving around." But his wife told ABC News that he "kept saying the truth" and that officers "didn't like the way he speaks out." She said that her husband did not lunge or get physical with officers before they took him down. But Capitol Police said in a statement that Manuel Oliver was detained for allegedly crowding, obstructing or incommoding "after he disrupted a hearing, refused to stop shouting, and then attempted to go back inside the hearing room."Manuel Oliver was issued a citation as part of his arrest and wasn't booked into jail, police said.
Soon after, he cracked, "Is this an insurrection? So will they be held to the same-- I don't want another Jan. 6, do we?"
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