Two removed from Republican convention for tossing nuts at black camerawoman
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The incident happened today in the Tampa Bay Times Forum where delegates officially nominated Mitt Romney as the Republican candidate to face President Barack Obama in the 6 November election.
"Two attendees tonight exhibited deplorable behavior. Their conduct was inexcusable and unacceptable. This kind of behavior will not be tolerated," CNN quoted the convention as saying in a statement.
Multiple witnesses saw the incident and RNC security and police immediately removed the two people from the forum, CNN said.
Reuters
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