Ben & Jerry's Co-Founders Arrested During DC Protest
Source: NECN
The co-founders of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream were arrested during a protest on the steps of the U.S. Capitol on Monday, the company announced.
Jerry Greenfield and Ben Cohen were arrested along with hundreds of others during a widespread protest against money in politics and voting right infringements called Democracy Awakening, according to a statement from the company.
The company says its co-founders joined the protest because they believe that "if you care about something, you have to be willing to risk it all - your reputation, your values, your business - for the greater good."
Democracy Awakening and U.S. Capitol Police both announced Monday the arrests of about 300 people on the Capitol steps, though police didn't identify any of those who were arrested.
Read more: http://www.necn.com/news/politics/Ben--Jerry-Cofounders-Arrested-During-DC-Protest-376144701.html
msongs
(67,441 posts)retrowire
(10,345 posts)Judi Lynn
(160,621 posts)groundloop
(11,522 posts)Lord knows DU would cease to function if someone weren't here to nit-pick whether or not a story deserves to be in the Late Breaking News thread.
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)malokvale77
(4,879 posts)Walk the talk.
Kip Humphrey
(4,753 posts)"Bernin' Down The House Fudge" (Cinnamon oil and chocolate fudge), or something.
Trajan
(19,089 posts)You have good ideas .... very good ideas ....
babydollhead
(2,231 posts)here is a link to the article...
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/01/bernie-sanders-ben-and-jerrys-bernies-yearning-218185
Equinox Moon
(6,344 posts)Celebrity arrests might help get some press coverage.
B & J thank you for living your beliefs, you are an inspiration.
You go guys!
retrowire
(10,345 posts)VEGAN line of ice cream, but then they go and do this?
Man, I'm Ben and Jerry's 4 lyfe now.
LeftyMom
(49,212 posts)Thanks for reminding me. I'm going to get my fat pants out and go to the store.
rpannier
(24,338 posts)Have to buy more Ben & Jerry's
reddread
(6,896 posts)by example
NJCher
(35,730 posts)Of Ben & Jerry!
Cher
sakabatou
(42,174 posts)C Moon
(12,221 posts)surrealAmerican
(11,364 posts)C Moon
(12,221 posts)Response to IDemo (Original post)
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Feeling the Bern
(3,839 posts)even if they agree with the protesters. I have no respect for police arresting people for protesting. They are part of the problem, not the solution.
"if you care about something, you have to be willing to risk it all - your reputation, your values, your business - for the greater good." Something police officers have no idea about.
reddread
(6,896 posts)hopefully they were treated respectfully.
and henceforth.
Feeling the Bern
(3,839 posts)and even if they were violent, something inside of me says undercover police instigated the violence.
reddread
(6,896 posts)unless its a sports victory celebration
Ben and Jerry did the right thing.
cannabis_flower
(3,765 posts)I've heard the arrest of John Gettes Lawrence and Tyron Garner (Lawrence vs. Texas) were actually supporters who were in on the plan to get the Texas Sodomy Law overturned. Sodomy had been on the books for many years but was seldom prosecuted because it was usually done in private. Sodomy done in public wouldn't have made a good test case.
SoapBox
(18,791 posts)Good for them.
Elmer S. E. Dump
(5,751 posts)Victor_c3
(3,557 posts)My 7 year old daughter loves their pistachio ice cream!! That's her favorite flavor - by far!
Elmer S. E. Dump
(5,751 posts)It hurts my brain to be this confused before noon.
Victor_c3
(3,557 posts)I thought you meant that you were going to protest pistachio and get them to stop making it, not call the flavor "protest pistachio"!
I went with 3 beers for lunch today instead of my normal 1 beer lunch. I'm missing one or things things today
Elmer S. E. Dump
(5,751 posts)I don't recommend it.
Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)"protest Pistachio" ice cream.
Victor_c3
(3,557 posts)After all, they made their Bernie Sanders flavor of ice cream a very limited edition. That pissed off a lot of people - including me - and turned the universe and karma against them.
Seriously, good for him and the cause. Things like this make me proud of my fellow Americans. I'm still seething over the Bernie Sanders ice cream thing, but I'll give them a pass on it. I really wanted to see that flavor in my local store.
packman
(16,296 posts)"All Natural Ingredients" - makes you go , Hmmm.
I admire those guys - good values, good people.
BeanMusical
(4,389 posts)saidsimplesimon
(7,888 posts)Being arrested is an inspirational for a new flavor, "Delicious Disagreement".