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  • Protesters interrupt House session

    by | May 06, 2009

    Police escorted six pro-Puerto Rican independence protesters out of the U.S. Capitol Wednesday after they caused a disturbance in the House chamber.

    The demonstrators stood up in the House gallery while legislators were debating a bill on the floor and shouted slogans calling for more respect for Puerto Rican right. They group also held up signs reading "111 years of Colony. It's a shame. End the colony."

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