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Police in Tallahassee, Florida, arrested 14 left-wing protesters who stormed the state capitol building Wednesday.
Footage shows activists from the leftist group Dream Defenders staging a sit-in inside Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office refusing to leave until he met with them.
More on the incident from Fox News:
Protesters flooded the office of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis at the state Capitol on Wednesday after the Republican legislature passed sweeping education bills that Democrats have decried as racist and transphobic.
Police made at least a dozen arrests as the protesters planted themselves inside DeSantis’ office. DeSantis was not at the Capitol at the time, though bemused staffers could be seen behind a walled desk. Dozens of protesters locked arms, sat on the carpet, and refused to comply with police officers’ warnings that they must vacate the area within 20 minutes.
Police issued the warning at roughly 7 p.m., and began making arrests around 7:30.
“Their goal was to meet with the governor to discuss a legislative session that they say is attacking minority and LGBTQ-plus communities,” reports WTXL.
The protests came as legislators passed two bills, one prohibiting the requirement for students and teachers to use pronouns that do not align with a person’s biological sex, and one that forbids diversity programs in colleges across the state.
Fox News reported a DeSantis staffer ate chocolate cake amid the sit-in protest, a spectacle also noted by protester and DNC member Thomas Kennedy.
The 14 activists who refused to leave were arrested and charged with misdemeanor trespass.
The group posted an updated to Twitter Thursday morning after arrested members were released.
The activists are part of the same group that staged a sit-in protest inside the Florida Capitol in 2013 in the wake of the Trayvon Martin shooting.