Protest Zone Far Cry From Pepsi Center, ACLU Says

LCOF · #11 (**permalink**) 07-09-2008, 04:29 PM

The most amazing part of this is why do they have to worry about protesters? I thought libs, the entire population, save for Repubes, and Conservatives wanted "change coming from the "hope" promised by Obama. You the guy who is above the fray. Loved by all libs. To find out that there may be libs not quite sure he/they (Dems) have the right message is just a stunner. Never saw this coming. It was the GOP we are told who is in disarray and it is all "sweetness and light" in Libville.

Dom1 · #12 (**permalink**) 07-10-2008, 02:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Amazed

Published on Tuesday, July 1, 2008 by Rocky Mountain News (Colorado)
Protest Zone Far Cry From Pepsi Center, ACLU Says
New Suit Claims Delegates Won’t Hear Activities
by Sara Burnett
DENVER - The designated protest zone at the Democratic National Convention will be more than two football fields away from the Pepsi Center - a revelation that drew new legal challenges Monday from the American Civil Liberties Union.

The ACLU, which represents 13 protest groups, says the site effectively denies protesters their right to free speech because delegates and others attending the DNC won’t be able to see or hear them.

According to a map released by the city late last week, the protest zone will be in the southern corner of Lot A, about 700 feet from the Pepsi Center. In some places, the view of the building’s main doors is obstructed by trees and sculptures.

“No human voice, or any other sound . . . can ever hope to reach a person at the entrance,” lawyers for the ACLU wrote in an amended complaint filed in federal court in Denver.

Protest Zone Far Cry From Pepsi Center, ACLU SaysNew Suit Claims Delegates Won’t Hear Activities - CommonDreams.org

But, But, But.....the Dems???

Protest Zones????? I thought I read earlier that this was a fascist creation of Bush and Cheney.