'I will never stop fighting for voting rights': Jackson Lee arrested for civil disobedience

U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Houston) had a dramatic evening on July 29 as she was arrested in response to protesting for voting rights.

Jackson Lee, who was joined by groups of Black female voting rights advocates, protested at the Hart Senate Office Building, The Hill reported.

Jackson Lee posted pictures of her arrest on Twitter, according to Click2Houston.

"I will NEVER stop fighting for voting rights! The time is NOW to move the voting rights bills in the U.S. Senate forward!! Enough is enough," Jackson Lee tweeted on July 29.

The Hill reported that Jackson Lee is the third member of the Congressional Black Caucus to be arrested for civil disobedience.

“I believe when you’re getting into good trouble, when you realize that the 15th Amendment has guaranteed the fundamental right to vote, any action that is a peaceful act of civil disobedience is worth of more to push all of us to do better and to do more,” Lee said, The Hill reported.

Jackson Lee was arrested by Capitol Police, according to The Hill.

“We did civilly disobey. We knew that the police officers had to do their job, but we were blocking the door – that we intended to do – block the doors of the United States Senate," Jackson Lee said, reported by The Hill. “We were handcuffed, they used the plastic handcuffs. We went into the paddy wagon. There is a DC jail near the grounds of the United States Capitol. The paddy wagon took us to that. We were booked. We were placed in a jail cell. We stayed in the jail cell. At some point, they proceeded to process us. So we spent time being processed. We were able, if we had the money, to be able to process out. But we were booked, we were put in jail, we were put in a jail cell."

Jackson Lee spent five hours in jail before posting her $1,000 bail.