Journalist Abby Martin told MintPress News that many activists were forced to walk miles to reach the free speech zone. “It seems like there was a purposeful tactic to deter people from finding the protest site.”
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.’
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,
