Thursday, April 22, 2010

Students protesting against SB 1070 are released.

(posted by Uriel Rivera)

Shortly after one this morning, the nine students arrested for chaining themselves to the doors on the old State Capitol building were released. When they got out, there were nearly 100 people waiting for them. During their time inside the group chanted, beat drums, and called for their release from the 4th Avenue Jail in Downtown Phoenix.

The college students were protesting Senate Bill 1070, an immigration bill that would make being illegal in Arizona a crime, among other things. The students vowed to refuse to leave the old State Capitol building until Governor Jan Brewer vetoed the bill, so police cut the student's chains and arrested them on charges of disorderly conduct.

http://www.azcentral.com/12news/news/articles/2010/04/20/20100420jail-protest-immigration-bill-CR.html

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