Hollywood star George Clooney was arrested early Friday morning. Tweeters can’t believe police would put such a pretty face behind bars.
Washington, D.C. police arrested Clooney after he participated in a protest in front of the Sudanese embassy in the nation’s capital Friday.
Tumblr user Marc Edwards posted a video of Clooney’s arrest on his blog.
“They were protesting the violence committed by the government of Sudan on its own innocent men, women and children,” Clooney’s publicist Stan Rosenfield told TMZ. “They were demanding they allow humanitarian aid into the country before it becomes the largest humanitarian crisis in the world.”
Clooney was arrested because he and a group of protester were blocking the entrance to the embassy, reported The Guardian. When the police told the group to move, they refused.
News of Clooney’s arrest rocked the Twitterverse, where thousands of men and women around the world used the hashtag #freeclooney, and at least three others, to express (or feign) outrage.
“[H]ow can you arrest the sexist man alive?!” tweeted @blue_burt.
“George Clooney is too beautiful for prison,” tweeted @BreanneHorridge.
Other tweeters expressed annoyance at how easily distracted people get over celebrity news.
“Daily thousands worldwide are illegally imprisoned & tortured,” tweeted Darren Lawson (@fudgie8). “Guess a celebrity’s life is more valuable than others.”
No word on when Brad Pitt and the rest of the cast of Oceans 11 will be breaking Clooney out of the pen.
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