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Protesters shut down a Philly school board meeting. Then board members voted. Was that legal?

“We needed to conduct the business of the school district on behalf of the children,” school board president Reginald Streater said.

The new "Parents for Palestine" group, made up of Muslim, Jewish, Black and White parents plan to escalate their campaign of support for teacher Keziah Ridgeway, disrupting a school board meeting with "teach ins" and risking possible arrest at the Philadelphia School District Headquarters on Thursday, October 24, 2024.
The new "Parents for Palestine" group, made up of Muslim, Jewish, Black and White parents plan to escalate their campaign of support for teacher Keziah Ridgeway, disrupting a school board meeting with "teach ins" and risking possible arrest at the Philadelphia School District Headquarters on Thursday, October 24, 2024.Read moreYong Kim / Staff Photographer