of the Sudanese Embassy, protesting the government and alleged war crimes of President Omar al-Bashir. They were arrested and escorted to jail.[Rabbi Steve] Gutow and [John] Prendergast had company behind bars.
George Clooney, for one.
And George Clooney's father.
And Martin Luther King III.
And Benjamin Jealous, head of the NAACP.
A whole cell-full of prominent people, actually. And from the sound of it, they had a merry old time.
from John Timpane: The Philadelphia Inquirer: Behind bars with stars: Protest leader arrested with Clooney has Philadelphia roots
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