10 protesters face court date for refusing to leave Statehouse

Avery Book speaks at Tuesday’s Poor People’s Campaign protest at the Statehouse. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger
Ten anti-poverty protesters have been ordered into court following their arrests during a sit-in Tuesday evening at the Statehouse in Montpelier.
A group called the Vermont Poor People’s Campaign held a rally earlier in the afternoon on the Capitol steps protesting what it said was increased militarism at home and abroad. Then, about 40 protesters marched into the S