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  "textContent": "Nathaniel Wetter Taylor, the protester who allegedly pepper-sprayed two special police officers outside of the Heritage Foundation last year, delivered his own opening statement before a jury Thursday, attacking Heritage as “fascist” and claiming that the officers violated his rights. Appearing in the D.C. Superior Court, Taylor told the jury that his actions were a “simple case of freedom...",
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