Protestors Hit With Disorderly Conduct Citations After Pat Toomey's Philly Office Sit In: Police

A sit-in demonstration at Sen. Pat Toomey’s Philadelphia office led to several protestors receiving citations from city police, as the group called for Toomey to hold an in-person town hall with constituents.

Police said no arrests were made, but nine people were cited for disorderly conduct after sitting down in Toomey’s office lobby and singing “Which Side Are You On?” in hopes of the senator agreeing to meet with constituents face to face.

While protestors staged the sit in in the building, others rallied outside the building with signs and songs.

Crowd sings "Which side are you on? Where are you Pat Toomey when voters come to call?" #ToomeyTownHall pic.twitter.com/fIra4fYcRa
— Emily Rolen (@Emily_Rolen) February 28, 2017

One protestor said on Twitter that the group had letters for Toomey and that Toomey staffers would not take the letters. She later said a police officer at the scene said he would deliver the letters to Toomey.

@NotesFromHeL Officer Tokley took the boxes full of letters from #realPA from me and promised to deliver them to @SenToomey
— Moira ❄️ (@moidem) February 28, 2017

Image via United States Senate