First group of protesters welcome new security changes at Capitol

NEEDED.ERIN:FIGHTS!
INAPPROPRIATE GEAR.AND ARRESTS!
IT'S WHAT DPS IS DEALING WITH
MORE AND MORE AT SOME PROTESTS.
THE AGENCY JUST PUT IN PLACE
NEW SECURITY MEASURES TO HELP
KEEP EVERYONE SAFE.KXAN'S
AREZOW DOOST HAS A LOOK AT HOW
YOUR NEXT VISIT TO THE CAPITOL
COULD BE IMPACTED.
THEIR VOICES ECHO ACROSS THE
CAPITOL... ...IRANIAN-TEXANS
HOPING TO BE HEARD.THIS WOMAN
ESCAPED IRAN MORE THAN A
DECADE AGO AFTER BEING
TORTURED. "THIS GOVERNMENT OF
IRAN IS REALLY NOT LEGITIMATE.
IT'S NOT THE WILL OF PEOPLE...
IT'S NOT ELECTED BY PEOPLE AND
IT'S RULING BY IRON FISTS."
THEIR NUMBERS MAY BE SMALL
HERE... THEIR PROTEST PEACEFUL.
AND THAT'S NOT LOST ON THEM.
THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING BACK
HOME.HUNDREDS ARRESTED AND
MORE THAN A DOZEN KILLED IN
IRAN DURING A WAVE OF ANTI-
GOVERNMENT PROTESTS.THIS IS
THE FIRST PROTEST AT THE
CAPITOL AFTER NEW SECURITY
MEASURES STARTED.THE TEXAS
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
SAYS IT'S MEANT TO STOP
VIOLENT CONFRONTATIONS AND
KEEP ALL THINGS THAT ARE NOW
BANNED INCLUDE: METAL SIGNS,
GAS MASKS, SPRAY PAINT CANS,
GLASS BOTTLES, PEPPER SPRAY,
DRONES AND FIREARMS, EXCEPT
WHEN AUTHORIZED UNDER LICENSE
TO CARRY."WHO WOULD WANT TO
BRING A HAMMER OR CROW BAR..."
THAT'S ALSO ON THE LIST.BIJAN
AFKAMI ORGANIZED THIS PROTEST.
"WE ARE HERE TODAY TO STAND
WITH YOU."HE SAYS ALL HE NEEDS
IS HIS VOICE. "YOU CANNOT
RULE PEOPLE WITH TORTURE AND
VIOLENCE."AREZOW DOOST, KXAN
NEWS. ERIN:DPS ALSO SAYS
COUNTER PROTESTS WILL BE
ALLOWED, BUT THEY MUST STAY
FAR ENOUGH AWAY TO AVOID STAY
FAR ENOUGH BUT THEY MUST WILL
BE ALLOWED, BUT THEY MUST STAY
FAR ENOUGH AWAY TO AVOID
PHYSICAL FIGHTS.ERIN:OVER THE
LAST YEAR THERE HAVE BEEN A
NUMBER OF BIG PROTESTS HERE.
SOME TURNING VIOLENT. IN
DECEMBER THESE FOUR PEOPLE
WERE ARRESTED, AFTER TWO
PROTESTS AT THE STATE CAPITOL.
ONE OPPOSING SANCTUARY
CITIES... AND ANOTHER AGAINST
XENOPHOBIA -- WHICH IS THE
EXTREME DISLIKE OR FEAR OF
PEOPLE FROM OTHER COUNTRIES.
THREE TROOPERS WERE INJURED
DURING THE PROTEST - AND
SUFFERED MINOR CUTS WHILE
DETAINING THEM.CHARGES RANGED
FROM AGGRAVATED ASSAULT ON A
PEACE OFFICER TO INTERFERING
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First group of protesters welcome new security changes at Capitol

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