Anti-war activist, three police officers injured in scuffle at U.S. Capitol Hill
The Hindu
Anti-war activist Brian C. McGinnis arrested after injuring three Capitol Police officers during a protest against U.S. military action.
A protester and three U.S. Capitol Police officers were treated for injuries in a Senate office building on Wednesday (March 3, 2026) after the protester resisted arrest for disruptive behaviour and grabbed onto a doorway as the officers and a Republican senator tried to drag him out of the room.
The protester, Brian C. McGinnis of North Carolina, was arrested and faces three counts of assaulting a police officer and three counts of resisting arrest and unlawful demonstration, the Capitol Police said in a statement.
“This afternoon, an unruly man who started to illegally protest during a hearing put everyone in a dangerous position by violently resisting and fighting our officer’s attempts to remove him from the room,” Capitol Police said in a statement.
Multiple videos show that McGinnis stood up and started shouting during the Senate Armed Services hearing and that police officers immediately grabbed him and tried to remove him from the room. McGinnis was protesting the U.S. military campaign in Iran, shouting, “America does not want to send its sons and daughters to war for Israel!”
The officers pulled McGinnis toward the exit as he violently resisted them and grabbed onto a doorway while they were trying to pull him out. Montana Sen. Tim Sheehy, a Republican member of the Armed Services panel who is a former Navy SEAL, ran over to assist and pull the protester's arm off the door as other protesters yelled that McGinnis' hand was stuck.
Capitol Police said in the statement that McGinnis “got his own arm stuck in a door to resist our officers and force his way back into the hearing room” and said he was treated for his injuries.
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