Maryland state Sen. Paul Pinsky (D-Prince George’s) made good Friday on plans to be arrested in front of the White House where he was among an estimated 166 people locked up as part of a demonstration of civil disobedience against a planned oil pipeline. After ordering the sidewalk cleared, U.S. Park Police began the slow, orderly process of arresting the scores of people who did not comply with the directive.
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