Boston Blocks Free Speech Rally, Tells Organizers: We Dont Want You Here
Source: Talking Points Memo
By NICOLE LAFOND Published AUGUST 15, 2017 10:57 AM
On Monday, Boston officials announced plans to block a free speech rally scheduled in the city this weekend.
The Boston Free Speech rally was organized by a group that claims to be different than the white supremacists who organized a rally in Charlottesville, Virginia last weekend that ended in deadly violence, despite having similar speakers and supporters.
Some supporters tweeted Monday that the rally scheduled for Saturday on the Boston Common had been cancelled because city officials revoked the groups permit request, but the city said the group never applied for a permit, according to Mass Live.
Boston Free Speech later posted on Facebook that the group had submitted a permit in July and it had been approved by the city. They also said the rally on Saturday is not cancelled.
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dhill926
(16,339 posts)more accurate I think...
Doug the Dem
(1,297 posts)A city that doesn't always have the most stellar of records on issues like these.
BigmanPigman
(51,593 posts)I hope San Francisco and the other cities allowing rallies follow suit.
Princess Turandot
(4,787 posts)... at something called Crissy Field. So the SF officials can't cancel it.
http://www.sfexaminer.com/white-supremacist-patriot-rally-coming-san-francisco-counter-protest-already-planned/
According to another article that I read, Nancy Pelosi has asked them to reconsider the permit, but that probably won't happen.
onetexan
(13,041 posts)As a former resident of Boston many moons ago i'm proud of this lovely city. Boston Strong!