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‘No Justins, no peace’: New Yorkers rally in Central Park against ouster of two Black Tennessee lawmakers

By Dean Moses Posted on April 10, 2023
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New Yorkers raged on Easter Sunday against the expulsion last week of two Black Tennessee state lawmakers who protested the need for gun reform laws at the state capitol in Nashville.

The group unfurled a large banner in front of the entrance to Central Park near Columbus Circle on April 9 that read “White Supremacy,” two words protesters feel best describe Tennessee republicans after the Black politicians were voted out of the house while their white colleagues was permitted to stay.

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‘No Justins, no peace’: New Yorkers rally in Central Park against ouster of two Black Tennessee lawmakers

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