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Eugene

(61,592 posts)
Thu Jun 23, 2016, 05:03 PM Jun 2016

Anti-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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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 OP
Ya want to piss off working people trying to get home? Sounds like a way to alienate them. tonyt53 Jun 2016 #1
Sounds like a dumb lawsuit Travis_0004 Jun 2016 #2
Boneheads. nt Codeine Jun 2016 #3
 

tonyt53

(5,737 posts)
1. Ya want to piss off working people trying to get home? Sounds like a way to alienate them.
Thu Jun 23, 2016, 05:05 PM
Jun 2016

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
Thu Jun 23, 2016, 06:16 PM
Jun 2016

Go assemble in a park, but streets should not be closed down during rush hour.

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