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Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier slept in House chamber after refusing GOP-mandated permission slip to leave

Texas Republicans mandated that Democratic lawmakers not be allowed to leave the state house without a permission slip and a police escort.

Rep. Nicole Collier refused GOP ‘permission slip’ rule, was locked in the Texas chamber — and slept in her bonnet overnight to protest

The detainment of State Rep. Nicole Collier has drawn outrage and imagery of Black women's suffrage in America.
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Black Women Like Nicole Collier Shouldn’t Have To Endure Kidnapping By Fascists To Save Democracy” [Op-Ed]

Nicole Collier is being courageous in the face of authoritarianism, but what’s happening to her a story of “resistance.”
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Fort Worth lawmaker sues over ‘illegal confinement’ in Texas House

Other Texas Democrats, including from DFW, joined Rep. Nicole Collier after they tore up their “permission slips” to leave the chamber.

Even at the grocery store, Texas troopers don’t let Democrats out of sight after walkout

Texas Republicans insisted that Democrats have around-the-clock police escorts to ensure they wouldn’t leave again.

‘Free Nicole’: Fort Worth officials, faith leaders rally in support of state rep

State Rep. Nicole Collier can’t leave the Texas Capitol building because she won’t sign a paper agreeing to a state police escort.
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