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(Mary Elizabeth Potts)

Update 3:09:

Despite the formal cancelation of today's protest at the Texas State Capitol, hundreds of people gathered along 11th Street and marched to Austin City Hall and back. Some shut down I-35 for the second day in a row, and Austin police used tear gas and beanbag rounds in an effort to move people off the roadway.



The police form a line on Cesar Chavez, stopping the demonstrators marching from City Hall. s3.amazonaws.com


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