Jane Fonda has described spending the night in jail after she was arrested during a climate change protest. Prior to the coronavirus crisis, the actress and activist, 82, had been staging weekly protests in front of the Capitol in Washington DC, dubbed Fire Drill Fridays.
She was frequently accompanied by famous friends, including Lily Tomlin, Martin Sheen, Ted Danson and Joaquin Phoenix, and was arrested and ushered into a police van with her wrists ziptied.
After her fourth arrest last year, she had to spend a night in jail but said she was treated well. She told Elle USA: “I’m white and I’m famous and I think orders came down from the attorney general to handle me with kid gloves.” She said she used the red coat she wears to the protests
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