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Members of the caucus said the expulsion votes looked like a "Jim Crow-era trial," saying a "pattern of racism" permeates business at the Tennessee Capitol.
Gloria Johnson, Justin Jones and Justin Pearson face expulsion vote by Republican-controlled state house
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Many protesters travelled from Memphis and Knoxville and stood in a line that wrapped around the Capitol building to get inside
The vote expected Thursday on whether to oust Reps. Gloria Johnson, Justin Jones and Justin Pearson would be an extraordinary move; the chamber has used it only a handful of times since the Civil War.
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The calls for expulsion stem from a protest held last week, just days after six people, including three children, were fatally shot at The Covenant School in Nashville.