
“During the the European Central Bank’s otherwise sleepy press conference on Wednesday, 21-year old protester Josephine Witt, who was clad in a t-shirt emblazoned with the words ‘End the ECB ****-tatorship,’ jumped onto the stage and showered ECB chief Mario Draghi with confetti and a manifesto decrying the ‘overwhelmingly powerful external environment of the ECB’s monetary policy.’ She was quickly carried off, and taken into custody before being released without charges.”
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