A protester behind a series of recent demonstrations at the Tennessee state Capitol has been banned from the building and ordered to have no contact with House Speaker Glen Casada after being charged Thursday with assault.

Justin Jones, 23, was charged with two counts of misdemeanor assault and one count of disorderly conduct after authorities say he threw a cup of coffee into an elevator, striking Casada and Rep. Debra Moody, R-Covington.

Jones, a Vanderbilt University divinity student, and more than a dozen other protesters assembled outside the House chamber on Thursday to protest the bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest, a Confederate general and early Ku Klux Klan leader.

According to arrest documents, Jones "attempted to push his way past uniformed state troopers" as he approached the elevator while yelling "Casada is a racist."

Jones then is accused of throwing a paper to-go cup "filled with an unknown liquid believed to be hot coffee" into the elevator. The liquid splashed onto Casada and Moody, though no injuries were reported in the arrest documents.

In a tweet Thursday, Jones said the cup contained iced tea.

"I pray that the violence of racism will produce similar outrage in the TN Capitol as a few drops of iced tea in a paper cup," Jones said.

A magistrate on Thursday ordered that Jones have no contact with Casada or Moody, nor return to the Cordell Hull legislative office building or the state Capitol until his case is completed. He was released after posting a $4,150 bond.

Last week, Jones disrupted a House Republican news conference on healthcare while trying to get Casada's attention, and the week before led a sit-in in Casada's office with other students.

A second protester, Jeneisha Harris, 22, was arrested Thursday on a charge of disorderly conduct and released on a $150 bond.

According to an affidavit for Harris' arrest, she crawled under ropes surrounding the Forrest bust and resisted as troopers attempted to remove her.

As a female trooper grabbed her arm to take her into custody, Harris told the trooper, "If you touch me, I swear to God it will be the last time you touch anybody else," the affidavit says.

Harris was also ordered to stay away from the two buildings.

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