This 87-Year-Old Veteran Was Arrested For Protesting Trump's Parade, And What He Said After Is Going Viral
87-year-old veteran John Spitzberg was arrested in DC on Friday.
According to WCJB, he was one of 75 veterans peacefully protesting against Donald Trump's military parade when they pushed down a bike rack and crossed a police line.
WORLD reporter Carolina Lumetta captured footage of the arrested, saying, "One elderly veteran was originally returned to the group and then pushed past the fence back to the Capitol plaza. Officers offered to return him again but he said he wanted to be with the rest of the protesters. They cuffed him and loaded into the vans."
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Upon his release, journalist Chuck Modi captured video of the veteran saying how it felt to be arrested at 87:
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"I'm just beginning, my friend," he said. "I'm gonna just get a little sleep, but I'm starting again."
People are (obviously) finding the whole thing pretty inspirational.
They're calling him a "true patriot."
Another person said, "At 87 he is still serving his country!"
And this person said he's "Way more of a king than you know who!"
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