Cornel West Arrested on Supreme Court Steps

Cornel West before being arrested on the steps of the Supreme Court in D.C. carrying a picket sign with a Gandhi quote "Poverty is the worst form of violence." October 16, 2011

*The who’s who of activism showed for the Martin Luther King, Jr. unveiling of his memorial on the mall and some of them were there doing double duty.

The Wall Street protests have been going on all over the planet with several people going to the Supreme Court to have their say.

According to the Huffington Post, one of those people was Cornel West.  The Princeton professor, author, actor, and activisit  was arrested along with several others that refused to leave the Supreme Court premises. (more…)