They arrested Jane Fonda | The voice

Actress Jane Fonda was arrested today on the US Congressional marches with a group of protesters demanding government decisions to fight climate change.

"I'm going to use my body, which is now famous and popular for the series I'm going to do in the District of Columbia, and we'll have a demonstration every Friday," the newspaper's actress said. The Washington Post, according to the reproduction of the agency EFE.

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 detained, promised that she would pursue these protests over the next 14 Fridays, the time that the actress will remain in the United States capital for the realization of 39, a miniseries.

"We will suffer civil disobedience and we will be arrested every Friday," said 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 it, but I have an armor that protects me … I'm 82. You can not do anything to me, no matter what you do," added L & # 39; 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.