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struggle4progress

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Sat Nov 23, 2013, 07:25 PM Nov 2013

John Fitzgerald Kennedy – Protesters Crash “The 50th” Ceremony [View all]

Added by Daniel Worku on November 23, 2013

... First, there were the nearly 5000 “approved guests” who enjoyed a well-organized, coordinated event which the City of Dallas spent immense effort to put together and administrate ...

... There was a large group of protesters, who appeared to take issue with what they viewed to be an infringement of free speech, who experienced the honorary ceremony in a much different manner than the specially approved and invited guests.

First, the event for the protesters started a few blocks from Dealey Plaza at Belo Garden ...

Ideas amongst the protesters varied quite a bit. however, the group appeared to have a clear consensus in a few areas, namely that they believed that due to the selection process and subsequent exclusion of non-invitees along with supposed limitations put on the group regarding the distribution of printed materials, that their free speech was being infringed upon ...


http://guardianlv.com/2013/11/john-fitzgerald-kennedy-protesters-crash-the-50th-ceremony-exclusive/

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