Posted on 06/16/2016 8:14:48 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
PHILADELPHIA - The ACLU of Pennsylvania sent a letter to Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney today asking him to clarify the city’s position on protest activity during the Democratic National Convention. The letter is in response to recent statements by the city’s law department that contradict previous promises not to interfere with protesters.
“We are very troubled that the city seems to be walking back from its previous position of fully accommodating protest during the Democratic National Convention,” said Reggie Shuford, executive director of the ACLU of Pennsylvania. “With the eyes of the country – and the world -on Philadelphia during the DNC, there is no better time to show respect for the fundamentally American tradition of peacefully expressing dissent. We hope Mayor Kenney will commit to ensuring that as many protesters as possible will have their voices heard.”
The issues raised in the letter include the city’s new proposal to prohibit all marches on Broad Street and those taking place during rush hour; the city’s plan for handling protesters demonstrating without permits, and fencing around FDR Park, where many protests will be held.
A copy of the letter, which was faxed to the mayor’s office this morning, is available here: www.aclupa.org/kenneydnc
Dissent is one thing. What the left is planning is death and destruction.
Hilda late Nov 2016: I lost the election in a landslide because of “social conditions”
Translation: we’re gonna tear your city apart and you better not try to stop us!
ACLU Asks Mayor Kenney to Protect Dissent During DNC”
They’re correct, Kenney. You have a choice to make: either protect “dissent” or allow the thugs to burn down your city. And I think it should be an easy choice for a “Progressive” like yourself; after all, it’s only property they’ll be burning, which is a small price to pay for “dissent”.
Keep it all south of Oregon Ave and they won’t run in to me.
I would like to hear Mayor Frank Rizzo’s answer to that request!
Yup. I’m sure he’ll get right on that.
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