Activists Chain Themselves to Arizona Capitol to Protest Anti-Immigrant Bill

Phoenix New Times | April 21, 2010
Nine activists protesting state Senator Russell Pearce's anti-immigrant bill SB 1070 chained and locked themselves to the doors of the Arizona Capitol on Tuesday, forcing the Capitol Police to use bolt cutters to unchain the nine and arrest them for disorderly conduct.

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