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AdvertisementOklahoma House comes to a halt as group fills gallery, protests bills moving through CapitolHide TranscriptShow Transcript5 BREAKING NEWS IS HAPPENING NOW. JESSICA: BREAKING AT 5:00, THE OKLAHOMA HOUSE COMES TO A HALT. PROTESTORS IN THE BUILDING CHANTING AND INTERRUPTING THE HOUSE SESSION. TONIGHT, I'M JESSICA SCHAMBACH. EVAN: I'M EVAN ONSTOT. IT GOT TENSE FOR A FEW MINUTES. LET'S GET TO CAPITOL REPORTER DILLON RICHARDS. WHAT DID YOU SEE? DILLON: I WAS UP IN THE GALLERY WHERE THROUGH THESE DOORS IS THE OKLAHOMA HOUSE GALLERY. SOME FOLKS FILING IN AND OUT OF THERE. ABOUT TWO DOZENS PROTESTORS CAME THAT HAVE PASSED HERE AT THE CAPITAL. AND THE TRANS BILL THAT IS MOVING THROUGH THE CAPITOL. THEY FILED ON TO THE FIFTH FLOOR. THIS WAS THE SCENE. [CHANTIN DILLON: AND THAT PUT THE BRAKES FOR THE COUPLE OF MINUTES. THEY WERE ASKED TO LEAVE THE BUILDING AFTER WHAT LOOKED LIKE A SHOUTING MATCH IN THE GALLERY. PROTESTORS SHOUTING NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING. I THINK THEY HAVE LEFT BY NOW. ALL PEACEFUL. JUST VERY NOISY AT TIMES. THINGS HAdvertisementOklahoma House comes to a halt as group fills gallery, protests bills moving through CapitolThe Oklahoma House of Representatives came to a halt while protesters in the state Capitol chanted and interrupted the lawmakers’ session Wednesday.A group of about two dozen people was at the Capitol protested various bills that have moved through the House and Senate this session. Some of the bills they were protesting include ones they see as anti-protest bills, anti-abortion bills and Senate Bill 2, which would ban transgender girls from being on girls' sports teams.The peaceful protest got intense for a few moments after the group slowly filed into the House gallery on the fifth floor of the Capitol. That put the brakes on lawmaking for a couple of minutes, and a couple of protesters said they were asked to leave the building after what looked like a shouting match in the gallery.The protesters also chanted “no justice no peace” and “Black lives matter.” After a couple of minutes, the House was back to work and things quieted down.The Oklahoma House of Representatives came to a halt while protesters in the state Capitol chanted and interrupted the lawmakers’ session Wednesday.A group of about two dozen people was at the Capitol protested various bills that have moved through the House and Senate this session. Some of the bills they were protesting include ones they see as anti-protest bills, anti-abortion bills and Senate Bill 2, which would ban transgender girls from being on girls' sports teams.AdvertisementThe peaceful protest got intense for a few moments after the group slowly filed into the House gallery on the fifth floor of the Capitol. That put the brakes on lawmaking for a couple of minutes, and a couple of protesters said they were asked to leave the building after what looked like a shouting match in the gallery.This content is imported from Twitter.You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.— Dillon Richards (@dillonjrichards)The protesters also chanted “no justice no peace” and “Black lives matter.” After a couple of minutes, the House was back to work and things quieted down.Loading more articles...

AdvertisementOklahoma House comes to a halt as group fills gallery, protests bills moving through CapitolHide TranscriptShow Transcript5 BREAKING NEWS IS HAPPENING NOW. JESSICA: BREAKING AT 5:00, THE OKLAHOMA HOUSE COMES TO A HALT. PROTESTORS IN THE BUILDING CHANTING AND INTERRUPTING THE HOUSE SESSION. TONIGHT, I'M JESSICA SCHAMBACH. EVAN: I'M EVAN ONSTOT. IT GOT TENSE FOR A FEW MINUTES. LET'S GET TO CAPITOL REPORTER DILLON RICHARDS. WHAT DID YOU SEE? DILLON: I WAS UP IN THE GALLERY WHERE THROUGH THESE DOORS IS THE OKLAHOMA HOUSE GALLERY. SOME FOLKS FILING IN AND OUT OF THERE. ABOUT TWO...

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