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A Marine Corps veteran suffered a broken arm as he was dragged out of a hearing in the US Capitol by police and a senator.

Brian McGinnis called out during a Senate Armed Services subcommittee hearing in protest of the US attack on Iran.

Three Capitol Police officers grabbed McGinnis and attempted to drag him out of the room.

The officers were joined by Senator Tim Sheehy, who joined them in trying to pull him away.

McGinnis, a Greens Party candidate for a Senate seat in North Carolina, has been charged with resisting arrest and three counts of assaulting a police officer.

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    12 hours ago

    Assault in the legal vernacular basically amounts to any bodily threat or unwanted physical contact. If you pushed their shoulder out of the way that can count as assault. So if the officer wants it throw the book at you, it’s not difficult for them to stack shit.

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      3 hours ago

      This is precisely why I believe there is literally no justice in America. Any judicial ruling ever made, is worth so much toilet paper. When they can just say whatever they want and charge you with whatever they want, it is impossible to get justice. The entire system is rotten and worthy of contempt.