Nixon may have banked big bucks portraying attorney Miranda Hobbes in Sex and the City, yet in 2002 she found herself on the wrong side of the law — but, one might argue, for the right reasons.
Per People's report, Nixon and 11 others were arrested for their involvement in a protest that demanded "better funding for public schools." According to the article, Nixon was photographed with her hands outstretched awaiting arrest outside City Hall in Lower Manhattan, after she and the others had blocked its entrance and sang "We Shall Not Be Moved" — until, obviously, they were.
It's reported that the protest was held in retaliation to Mayor Michael Bloomberg's "proposal to slice $350 million out of the Board of Education's budget." As Nixon's children attend public schools (a rarity for celebrity children, might we add), she had already seen the result of such financial cuts first hand, and thus felt compelled to make a stand.
According to the same report by People, after the arrest, Nixon was recorded telling Newsday: "I feel good. I feel it's the right thing to do." She had already warned her daughter (Samantha) that such a consequence could result from the protest, and like her mother, Samantha is one savvy lady. Nixon said: "My daughter herself brought up Martin Luther King, and so she says she understands that sometimes you have to go to jail to make things better." Samantha was five years old at the time. Can you say #ParentGoals?
