"This is the First Amendment, " the protester said incredulously.

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Reports said a Sikh protester in the courtroom hurled a shoe at the judge after the verdict was pronounced.

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Snipes was sentenced in April to the three-year maximum for those counts after prosecutors said anything less would send comforting signals to the tax protester movement.

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At a private Halloween party in 2012, the chief dressed as an OWS protester, a person familiar with the event said.

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"This incident should open our eyes to the fact that we need to raise our children right, we need to raise the people right, " said protester and social worker Murphy John.

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"Homeless people will sleep in there in the winter - the welcoming sense is guaranteed, " one protester said.

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"We are here to demonstrate against the Pope's visit and call for a change in the mentality of the Catholic institution which still opposes our right to different ways of loving, " said one protester, Sergi Diaz.

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