Boise School Board member Shiva Rajbhandari posted several photos on social media Monday from a climate protest in New York City. Rajbhandari was arrested during the protest.

Boise school trustee Shiva Rajbhandari was arrested in New York City Monday during a protest against fossil fuels extraction.

Rajbhandari told the Idaho Statesman he was charged with blocking pedestrian traffic and failing to disperse, and was held for about 4 ½ hours.

On X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, Rajbhandari posted several comments and photos from the protest.

“I was proud to partake in the mass civil disobedience at the Fed today alongside hundreds of fearless activists from across the country,” he wrote Monday evening. “Playing by the rules hasn’t worked. (President) Biden must end fossil fuel finance and declare a climate emergency now!”

About 150 people were arrested Monday, University of Idaho senior Ella Weber told the Statesman Monday. Weber was also arrested, according to the Statesman.

Weber managed Rajbhandari’s successful Boise School Board election in 2022, when the then-Boise High School senior unseated incumbent trustee Steve Schmidt.

Rajbhandari began his freshman year this fall at the University of North Carolina, but he remains on the school board.

The Boise School District didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday morning.

 

 

 

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