Times West Virginian, Yahoo News – After 15 months of unproductive efforts to speak to Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, six protesters led by clergy in Morgantown decided a firmer statement was needed.
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Following the tradition of Martin Luther King Jr. on his holiday, they put real stakes on the line to hold authority to account. After declining to depart the building Capito’s office is located in, Morgantown police arrested the six for trespassing and obstructing an officer.
“When it came to nonviolence, Dr. King practiced civil disobedience,” Stephen Lowe, pastor of the Morgantown Church of the Brethren Mennonite, said. “We stand in that tradition.”
