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Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier slept in House chamber

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Texas Rep. Nicole Collier refuses to leave House chambers
Texas Democrats are back in Austin after they broke quorum two weeks ago in protest of the state's redistricting plan.

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Texas Rep. Nicole Collier Sleeps On House Floor In Dignity Protest
Texas Democrats join state Rep. Nicole Collier to protest police involvement in redistricting fight
Texas Democrat spends night in state Capitol after refusing police escort
Democratic State Rep. Nicole Collier spent the night inside the State Capitol and called herself a "political prisoner" after refusing to agree to a law enforcement escort.

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Texas State Rep. Refuses To Leave Capitol Amid Democrat And Republican Showdown
Some Texas Democrats to rip up agreements to leave House floor under police escort and return to chamber in protest
Even at the grocery store, Texas troopers don't let Democrats out of sight after walkout
When they returned Monday, Republicans insisted that Democrats have around-the-clock police escorts to ensure they wouldn’t leave again and scuttle Wednesday’s planned House vote on a new political ma...

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Rep. Nicole Collier seeks court-ordered release after spending the night in Texas Capitol
Democrat spends night locked in Texas House chamber, refuses to sign ‘permission slip’
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Nicole Collier, Texas lawmaker who slept at statehouse, files lawsuit challenging police escorts

The Fort Worth Democrat was confined in the Capitol overnight after refusing to be shadowed by state police, a requirement for lawmakers who had left the state.
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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.”

Fort Worth Democrat locked in Texas Capitol asks judge to intervene

Nicole Collier is asking a Travis County district judge to rule that she’s allowed to leave the Texas Capitol. The Fort Worth Democrat has been confined to Texas Capitol since Monday after refusing to sign a “permission slip” turning her over to Texas Department of Public Safety custody for monitoring.
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