Fans rally for Spears

A GROUP of protesters has gathered outside City Hall in West Hollywood to demand the release of pop star Britney Spears from a psychiatric facility. Carrying “Free Britney” signs and chanting “Hands off, Britney” and “Justice for Britney” about a dozen fans assembled on Santa Monica Boulevard on Monday afternoon for the protest.

The group’s position: that Spears is being kept from making decisions on her own behalf.

Spears checked into a facility in late March after suffering from emotional distress, a source confirmed to Variety.