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As a consequence of the Jones Act and the establishment of elections, a new political party, the Partido Nacionalista de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rican Nationalist Party), was founded on September 17, 1922. This was to strengthen radical activism in hopes to force the United States to grant independence to Puerto Rico. In the 1930s, the Nationalist Party, led by president Pedro Albizu Campos failed to attract sufficient electoral support and withdrew from political participation. Reason being that police had ended up killing some of the protestors and that's what triggered the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party assassinated the police commander. Leader Campos was then arrested which caused massive protesting and police left many injured as well as killed. This increased conflict between their adherents and the authorities. In an effort to prevent the party from reaching younger people, authorities declared Albizu Campos persona non grata at the University of Puerto Rico, forbidding him to speak there.