Civil Liberties

Green Party Presidential Candidate Claims She Was Handcuffed for Eight Hours

Dr. Jill Stein was arrested outside the second presidential debate

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Green Party presidential candidate Dr. Jill Stein said Wednesday police handcuffed her to a chair during her eight-hour imprisonment following her arrest outside the second presidential debate.

"For most of the time it was just [running mate] Cheri Honkala and myself," Stein told Democracy Now anchor Amy Goodman. "Yet they felt the need to keep us in tight plastic restraints tightly secured to metal chairs."

(h/t Mike Rawlings)