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VIDEO: Secret Service tackles activist charging Biden's motorcade at Summit of the Americas
A young female abortion activist was forcibly pulled away from President Joe Biden’s motorcade by Secret Service in Los Angeles on Wednesday during the Summit of the Americas
June 9, 2022 1:41pm
Updated: June 9, 2022 1:41pm
A young female abortion activist was forcibly pulled away from President Joe Biden’s motorcade by Secret Service in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
Videos from the incident show a woman in a green dress step off the sidewalk into the street as approached the cars escorting Biden to the ninth Summit of the Americas.
Other unrelated activists who were not involved in the incident were waving Cuban flags in the background.
Someone in one clip can be heard saying, “She’s going to be hit by a car.”
In Los Angeles, #California, a Secret Service member was recorded on camera slamming an abortion rights protester to the ground as she approached Joe #Biden's convoy with a megaphone. #SummitoftheAmericas pic.twitter.com/hcmQFKUhGS
— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) June 9, 2022
She only had a moment to yell into her megaphone about abortion before being dragged away from the motorcade by a Secret Service agent, who slammed her on the ground on the side of the road as she began resisting.
"Get the f--- off me!" said while being handcuffed, according to Fox News.
"An abortion ban will not stop abortions – only safe ones,” she added.
Other officers quickly arrived to ward off bystanders, some of whom appeared to be coming to the protester’s aid.
Anthony Guglielmi, chief of communications for the U.S. Secret Service, issued a statement regarding the incident.
"Shortly after 5 p.m., an adult female entered a restricted roadway along a motorcade route on Chick Hearn Ct in Los Angeles," the statement said.
"As the woman approached passing vehicles, a United States Secret Service agent swiftly removed her from the roadway and placed her into custody. There was no impact to the motorcade movement or our protectees. Our investigation into this incident is ongoing."
Abortion has re-emerged as a red-hot cultural issue after the leak of a Supreme Court draft opinion that suggested Roe v. Wade may be overturned, resulting in protests outside some conservative justices’ homes.
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