Michigan officers arrest pro-Venezuelan protester on live television

In the now-viral clip taken from Grand Rapids, Michigan, 22-year-old teacher and activist Jessica Plichta can be heard criticising U.S. foreign policy towards Venezuela, arguing that American involvement abroad is inseparable from domestic accountability.

"This isn’t just a foreign issue," she said moments before her arrest. "It’s our tax dollars being used to commit war crimes, and it’s the responsibility of the people to resist a Trump administration committing crimes both at home and against people in Venezuela."

Seconds later, local police move in. As she is escorted to a patrol vehicle, Plichta repeatedly states, "I am not resisting arrest."