They arrested Jane Fonda during a protest against climate change

A group of people gathered on the steps of Congress wore posters with texts protesting against climate change and challenged the warning of the congressional police to abandon their task.

Fonda, who was the third person handcuffed and detainedHe promised that he would pursue these protests over the next 14 Fridays, the time that the actress will stay in the US capital for the realization of a mini-series.

"We will suffer civil disobedience and we will be arrested every Fridaysaid Fonda.

Police in charge of custody at the Capitol announced that they had arrested 16 people for an "illegal demonstration on the east side" of the building. Spokeswoman Eva Malecki said those arrested would be charged with "bundling, hindrance and inconvenience" when accessing the site. The Congress

"You do not see him, but I have an armor that protects me … I'm 82. You can not do anything to me, no matter what you do," added the actress.

The protests will continue until at least mid-January and will be accompanied by "celebrities, scientists, economists and members of the affected communities," they said.

Fonda said that "change happens to us, whether by design or by disaster".

"A" new green deal "that involves a transition and abandonment of fossil fuels provides the design," he added, referring to the New Deal launched by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1930s to fight the Great Depression

"They say it's not realistic, they say it's socialism," Fonda continued. "That's what they said about Roosevelt's New Deal and that's how we got Social Security and a middle class," he concluded.