Groups Denied Protesting Permits for G20 Meet (Pittsburgh) [View All]

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Source: KDKA-Channel 2

Aug 18, 2009 10:56 pm US/Eastern
Groups Denied Protesting Permits For G20 Meet
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) ―
Groups denied protesting permits for Point State Park during the G-20 Summit held a meeting. They gathered at East Liberty Presbyterian Church to figure out where and how they'll be able to express their views when the summit is in town.

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"We feel that this is turning into a First Amendment civil rights issue," Francine Porter, from Code Pink Women For Peace, said. "We have the right to be seen, we have the right to get our message out." Code Pink and the Iraq Veterans Against The War brought a letter addressed to Pittsburgh City Council.

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All of their permits have been denied. Local government officials say they're waiting on the Secret Service before they can issue permits, but local protesters aren't buying it.

Some of the groups at the meeting say they're already on the agenda for City Council's meeting on September 2. They hope to get answers then so they can start organizing legal demonstrations and not resort to marching without permits.

Read more: http://kdka.com/local/g20/Protesters.G20.meet.2.1134419.html