Jill Stein, the Green Party candidate for president, was arrested Saturday during a campus protest.
Lest her arrest not get the publicity the campaign wanted, Stein posted video of it on the social media platform X.
“Jill Stein and her Campaign Manager and Deputy Campaign Manager, Jason Call and Kelly Merrill-Cayer, have been arrested at Washington University in St. Louis while supporting a protest against WashU’s ties to the war on Gaza,” she wrote.
BREAKING: Jill Stein and her Campaign Manager and Deputy Campaign Manager, Jason Call and Kelly Merrill-Cayer, have been arrested at Washington University in St. Louis while supporting a protest against WashU’s ties to the war on Gaza.
Video from @KallieECox pic.twitter.com/rkUYC9b5Qx
— Dr. Jill Stein🌻 (@DrJillStein) April 28, 2024
Stein, who could attract leftist supporters who think President Joe Biden isn't leftist enough, was among 80 people arrested Saturday, according to KDSK-TV in St. Louis.
Stein told the station she was charged with assault.
She was booked into the jail just before 7:30 p.m. Saturday and released at 1:30 a.m. Sunday, KDSK reported.
"I sat a long time sitting alone in a cell, and I had no idea— 'Did anybody even know I was there?' I was separated from the group, and I was like, 'Am I going be there all night or in here for a week?'" she said.
Stein claimed she was really the victim of assault.
"I got separated from the rest of the crowd, you know, and actually initially felt like there was a lot of safety in numbers. Then, it turned out I was being charged with assault after being assaulted by an officer on a bicycle and basically thrown onto my head," she said.
She was captured on video in the thick of the clash between police and protesters.
