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Rights group sues Pittsburgh for failure to issue G-20 protest permits

By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.

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[JURIST] The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a complaint Friday in the US District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania claiming that the US Secret Service, the City of Pittsburgh and the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources are acting illegally by failing to issue protest permits for the Group of 20 (G-20) summit scheduled in Pittsburgh on September 24-25. The ACLU claims that the failure to issue protest permits for certain areas of the City, notably Point State Park, Schenley Park, East Park, Riverfront Park and the Thomas Merton center, is a violation of the First Amendment right to peaceful protest. In its complaint, the rights group argued for injunctive and declaratory relief claiming that only two protest permits have been issued so far for the G-20, and those two permits were far away from downtown Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravestahl said previously that the city has issued eight permits so far and may issue more in the future. The City has also announced that it will lease a downtown parking lot and two other sites for the benefit of protesters. A law to ban masks and hoods was voted down by the City Council last week.

Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on September 12, 2009 (boomark / email).