Demonstrator throws apparent menstrual blood into California Senate

Friday's anti-vaccine protesters threw what the authorities believed to be blood on the Senate floor at California's capital Sacramento, which led to a building evacuation on the last day of the legislative calendar.

A video of the incident was posted on social networks, showing a woman telling officers at the California Highway Patrol: "My menstrual blood is everywhere in the Senate." The woman was later arrested and messages from her Twitter account are linked to the anti-vaccine outbreaks on the Capitol earlier in the day.

"A few minutes ago, the anti-vaxxer stalkers – who have been engaged in a harassment campaign all week – threw a red substance on the floor of the Senate from the raised platform, blunting many of my colleagues," he said. Senator Scott Wiener on Twitter. . "The person who committed this assault shouted that it was baby's blood."

Many members were touched by the red liquid, which was thrown from the balcony on the first floor by protesters who would have followed the debate of the session at that time. They opposed two bills passed earlier in the week, which would include strict rules on medical exemptions for childhood vaccines.

CHP officers evacuated the room and opened an investigation into the incident that allegedly took place at 5:14 pm. Police took place at the scene of the crime and the CHP announced that the protester had been arrested for six charges after "throwing a feminine hygiene device containing what appeared to be blood on the floor of the Senate" .

Friday was the last night of the session, and legislators had a tight deadline to send the legislation to Governor Gavin Newsom before adjourning. The Assembly resumed shortly after 19:30 and the Senate was forced to meet at 20:45. in his biggest committee room because the room was still a crime scene.

The incident marked the first time since 2001 that the Senate had not met in his own room, when a man drove a semitrailer into the southern part of the Capitol building.