Judge rejects Cleveland protest limits at Republican convention

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

A U.S. judge on Thursday struck down the city of Cleveland's plan for placing limits on protests outside the Republican National Convention, saying the "event zone" is too large and security regulations too strict, lawyers who sued the city said.

With the convention 25 days away, U.S. District Judge James Gwin issued a preliminary injunction rejecting the city's plan to establish a large security zone in central Cleveland, said Christine Link, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Ohio.

Attorneys for the city and ACLU were at work in the judge's chambers, possibly to set a deadline for designing a new event zone with fewer restrictions, Link said.

The city's chief spokesman was not immediately available to comment.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-convention-idUSKCN0Z920D

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World | Thu Jun 23, 2016 1:09pm EDT
CLEVELAND | BY KIM PALMER

[liberal N proud]

1. Cleveland is going to get more coverage than they ever wanted that week

I can see it now, clashes in the streets.

Inside:
http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/democratic-national-convention-pictured-supporters-during-the-1968-picture-id450578330

Outside:

[SusanLarson]

2. Philidelphia's likely won't fare any better

This is a foreshadowing.

[Purveyor]

5. Philadelphia: No Crackdown On Democratic Convention Protests

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512213398

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Philadelphia officials say they will respect the First Amendment rights of all protesters during the Democratic National Convention, but they are sticking with requirements that all demonstrators have permits.

"There is no intended 'crackdown' on un-permitted protesting," City Solicitor Sozi Pedro Tulante wrote in a letter to the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania. The letter, dated June 17, was in response to the ACLU's concerns about how the protests would be handled.

Tens of thousands of protesters are expected at the July 25-28 convention.

The ACLU had written to the city earlier in the month outlining a number of issues relating to the convention, including that the city wasn't letting marches travel down Broad Street.

The city will now allow marches on the thoroughfare, Philadelphia's major north-south artery that runs past City Hall to the sports complex about 7 miles away where the convention is to be held.

MORE...

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_DEM_2016_CONVENTION_PROTESTS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-06-22-17-05-30

[kimbutgar]

3. Has anyone been killed at a convention?

I predict the GOP might result in a useless gun death. I can see a Don the con yahoo shooting a protester.

[Vincardog]

4. Chicago 1968

[TwilightZone]

6. There was a rather famous book written about the 1968 convention, called "No One Was Killed"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Schultz_(writer)

http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/740782.html

Perhaps you know something the rest of us don't?