Post by Logan on Jul 3, 2016 0:31:20 GMT -6
After settling their stink with city, protesters to march on first day of DNC
The city's permit process really stinks, Cheri Honkala said Friday at a news conference - as she wheeled out a large paper replica of a can of beans.
The longtime activist was referring to a lawsuit the state chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union filed in order to obtain a protest permit for July 25, first day of the Democratic National Convention here.
As Honkala and others announced Friday and was reported Thursday, the city is settling that suit by lifting its ban on rush-hour protests during the DNC - and by granting a permit to Honkala's group, the Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign, to march from City Hall down Broad Street to the Wells Fargo Center, site of the convention, starting at 3 p.m. that Monday.
As for road congestion, the state ACLU's deputy legal director, Mary Catherine Roper, said the city often manages traffic because of construction or protests, so a march at rush hour is not an unusual burden.
Read more: www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/dnc/20160702_After_settling_their_stink_with_city__protesters_to_march_on_first_day_of_DNC.html
The city's permit process really stinks, Cheri Honkala said Friday at a news conference - as she wheeled out a large paper replica of a can of beans.
The longtime activist was referring to a lawsuit the state chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union filed in order to obtain a protest permit for July 25, first day of the Democratic National Convention here.
As Honkala and others announced Friday and was reported Thursday, the city is settling that suit by lifting its ban on rush-hour protests during the DNC - and by granting a permit to Honkala's group, the Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign, to march from City Hall down Broad Street to the Wells Fargo Center, site of the convention, starting at 3 p.m. that Monday.
As for road congestion, the state ACLU's deputy legal director, Mary Catherine Roper, said the city often manages traffic because of construction or protests, so a march at rush hour is not an unusual burden.
Read more: www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/dnc/20160702_After_settling_their_stink_with_city__protesters_to_march_on_first_day_of_DNC.html