He spent 20 hours in jail, alongside Gerry Condon, president of Veterans for Peace, who was arrested after being brutalized by Secret Service officers for attempting to toss a cucumber inside an embassy window.
"The opposition members made up these lies about Max and I know they're lying, and they are obviously using the government and police as tools to get revenge," Ben Rubinstein told The Grayzone.
Retaliation for Reporting
Max Blumenthal reported extensively from outside the Venezuelan embassy in May. He filed a story explaining how "the pro-coup mob outside turned violent, physically assaulting embassy protectors, and hurling racist, sexist and homophobic abuse at others."
Blumenthal documented an opposition activist breaking into and subsequently vandalizing the embassy, in violation of international law. He also reported on opposition members destroying the embassy's security cameras, while the authorities stood idly by.
Max Blumenthalà Å-- @MaxBlumenthal
To the left of the fascist is "Mohamed," the right-wing vigilante who broke into the embassy two days ago and ransacked an entire room: https:// twitter.com/realalexrubi/s tatus/1123536909870010368?s=21 "@ DCPoliceDept has taken no action beyond aiding and abetting this squalid mob https:// twitter.com/PeterRBolton/s tatus/1124026418600521729 "
Today outside the Venezuelan Embassy I witnessed a pro-coup demonstrator call a female Code Pink member a "f*cking little b*tch." #HandsOffVenezuela #Codepink #VenezuelanEmbassy #embassyprotectioncollective
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