By Mike Dunn
(Members of City Council, foreground, seem disinterested as members of "Occupy Philadelphia" interrupt Thursday's meeting. Credit: Mike Dunn)
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The regular meeting of Philadelphia City Council was briefly disrupted this morning by members of the Occupy Philadelphia protest group.
About 40-50 members stood and shouted for about ten minutes just as Council president Anna Verna was about to begin the meeting.
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Some protestors, in the mezzanine gallery, hung banners over the railing that said “Curfew = Jim Crow” and “City Hall Flash Mob.”
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Eventually the protestors left the chamber peacefully, still chanting as they left the building.
Reported by KYW City Hall bureau chief Mike Dunn
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