PHILADELPHIA --- The ACLU of Pennsylvania is suing the City of Philadelphia after anti-poverty activists were denied the right to protest during next month’s Democratic National Convention. The NGO is suing on behalf of the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign. The interracial, intergenerational movement to end poverty is led by activist
ACLU & Anti-Poverty Campaign Sue Philadelphia Over The Right To Protest At DNC
The ACLU of Pennsylvania’s executive director said free speech rights are especially vital during political conventions: ‘It is vital to our democracy that there be every opportunity for public participation in that national conversation.’