A pro-Israel group claimed its permit requests to hold a solidarity march near the Democratic National Convention have been sat on by the city of Chicago.
A pro-Israel group claims its requests to march near the Democratic National Convention later this month have been repeatedly ignored by the city of Chicago. All the while, they say an anti-Israel group has been given the 'green light' to hold demonstrations near the event. 'It seems like we don’t have equitable access to whatever the other group was approved for,' Aya Shechter, chief programming officer for the Israeli-American Council , told Jewish Insider.
In the rejection letter obtained by Jewish Insider, the city claimed that because the demonstration coincided with the DNC, the IAC's demonstration would 'create public safety issues' due to there not being 'sufficient city resources' to 'secure an assembly at the location for the dates and times requested.
The City of Chicago fully supports the rights of individuals and groups to safely exercise their First Amendment right to protest. While ongoing litigation prevents us from commenting on specific details about the route or assembly area, we can confirm that demonstrators will be able to protest within sight and sound of the United Center.
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