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April 8, 2021

Mostly peaceful protestors storm Iowa State Capitol

This is democracy in action!



BLM supporters gathered outside the Iowa Capitol on Thursday morning as part of a "Kill the Racist Bills" protest, organised by the "Advocates for Social Justice" group. The bills in question include an anti-defunding the police bill, a bill that allows citizens to legally push through protestors blocking the road with vehicles, and another bill that would ban any diversity and inclusion training in schools, universities, and Iowa government agencies. On the Facebook page for the event, the legislation was described as "racist and dangerous".

After graffiting the steps of the Iowa state capitol with chalk, the BLM protestors moved inside the building itself, where they attempted to perform a socially distanced "die-in" for 9 minutes and 29 seconds, the length of time that George Floyd was held on the ground for.

During the "die-in", leaders were informed that the graffiti had to be cleaned up, angering protestors. "Where was this energy on January 6th with the insurrectionists", one woman shouted.

After being undisturbed by police, state troopers arrived, where one young woman punched one of them. The woman was arrested, at which point the protestors became violent, attacking the troopers during their attempted arrest of the woman from all sides. Rice continued to film the event, cursing the troopers for arresting the woman.

The protestors continued to follow the troopers out of the building, where Rice claimed that the young woman was only being arrested because she had been asking for the badge numbers of the troopers, despite a clear scuffle being caught on his livestream.

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