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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAnti-Poverty Group Sues Over Rush-Hour Ban on DNC Protest
Source: Associated Press
Anti-Poverty Group Sues Over Rush-Hour Ban on DNC Protest
By KRISTEN DE GROOT, ASSOCIATED PRESS PHILADELPHIA Jun 23, 2016, 3:51 PM ET
Anti-poverty activists sued Philadelphia on Thursday, seeking the right to demonstrate during rush hour as the Democratic National Convention opens next month.
The Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign plans to march during rush hour from City Hall to a park near the convention site on opening day, July 25. Its application was rejected by the city in May, citing interference with traffic and conflicts with another event, according to the suit, filed by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of the group.
The city has said it won't grant permits during rush hour in Center City during the convention.
The lawsuit seeks to have a judge declare those timing bans unconstitutional, and to grant the poverty group's permit.
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By KRISTEN DE GROOT, ASSOCIATED PRESS PHILADELPHIA Jun 23, 2016, 3:51 PM ET
Anti-poverty activists sued Philadelphia on Thursday, seeking the right to demonstrate during rush hour as the Democratic National Convention opens next month.
The Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign plans to march during rush hour from City Hall to a park near the convention site on opening day, July 25. Its application was rejected by the city in May, citing interference with traffic and conflicts with another event, according to the suit, filed by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of the group.
The city has said it won't grant permits during rush hour in Center City during the convention.
The lawsuit seeks to have a judge declare those timing bans unconstitutional, and to grant the poverty group's permit.
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/anti-poverty-group-sues-rush-hour-ban-dnc-40076501
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Anti-Poverty Group Sues Over Rush-Hour Ban on DNC Protest (Original Post)
Eugene
Jun 2016
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tonyt53
(5,737 posts)1. Ya want to piss off working people trying to get home? Sounds like a way to alienate them.
Such a move would hurt only working people and not their employers. Very dumb move on the part of the group.
Travis_0004
(5,417 posts)2. Sounds like a dumb lawsuit
Go assemble in a park, but streets should not be closed down during rush hour.
Codeine
(25,586 posts)3. Boneheads. nt