Tom Morello, ex-Rage Against the Machine member and current Audioslave guitarist, was arrested last Thursday in Los Angeles while protesting alongside hotel workers.

The 42-year-old was cuffed and charged with unlawful assembly when he refused to clear off the main entrance at Los Angeles International Airport. He spent the night in jail before being released on Friday morning, reports the Associated Press.

“Bail was high,” he said, adding that every person arrested at the demonstration had to pony up $5,000 U.S. “[But] spirits were higher. We had a rousing civil rights-era-like hootenanny on ‘the inside.’”

According to Morello, about 400 people were arrested in total at the demonstration. Attendees were trying to raise awareness on the rights of immigrant hotel employees.






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