Anti-Bush Protesters Can't Use Park
A NY Court rules that Anti-Bush protesters can't use Central Park as a rallying point.NEW YORK (Reuters) - A judge on Wednesday denied anti-Bush protesters permission to rally in Central Park on the eve of the Republican National Convention, leaving open the question of where possibly hundreds of thousands of demonstrators will go after a march through midtown Manhattan.
The decision by New York Supreme Court Justice Jacqueline Silbermann is the latest in a running legal battle between the protest group and the city. She sided with city officials, who say they fear the grass on the park's Great Lawn would be damaged and security could not be ensured for the huge crowd.
At least the City hasn't set up concentration camps as Boston did. It will be intresting to see how the Anarchist and other protesters are handled in NYC. We suspect that it wil be done with a little more class and sensitivity, even though the crowds protesting the Republicans will likely be larger and more unruly, and the terrorist threat is even bigger. We wish you the best NYC in a very difficult task.
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