Rahm Emanuel Revokes First Amendment Rights Ahead of NATO Summit

DAVID HEINZMANN AND JEFF COEN
Chicago Tribune
Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration pulled the plug Tuesday on the only NATO protest planned for a work day in the Loop business district, revoking permission for a May 18 Daley Plaza rally barely a week before world leaders are to arrive in Chicago.

The National Nurses United group that planned the demonstration and other protest groups called the move a violation of free speech and said it fits a pattern of City Hall trying to marginalize demonstrations against the May 20-21 gathering.

“If the nurses are a threat to Rahm Emanuel, then heaven help the U.S.,” said RoseAnn DeMoro, executive director of National Nurses United. “He’s been trying to move us into an obscure forum.”

In a May 8 letter to the nurses group, the city said the group’s mid-day parade along Michigan Avenue downtown can go on as planned with one major difference – instead of ending with a rally in the heart of the Loop, participants must swing east and gather in Grant Park for their rally.

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This article was posted: Wednesday, May 9, 2012 at 8:39 am

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