Illinois Rep. Bobby Rush took the symbol of the Trayvon Martin protests from the street to the Capitol on Wednesday, getting ejected from the House floor for wearing a hoodie. It wasn't his political message that got him the boot, but rather a ban on hats inside the chamber, The Hill reports. Democratic lawmakers took up the Trayvon Martin case on Tuesday, hearing from Martin's parents before calling for an arrest of confessed shooter George Zimmerman.
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