A battle over how close protesters can get to the Democratic National Convention returned to court Monday afternoon, pitting a coalition of groups seeking to…
Protest groups want to take Washington Boulevard to the United Center. The city wants to route them onto side streets around the Secret Service security fencing.returned to court Monday afternoon, pitting a coalition of groups seeking to march on the United Center against the city who said it must set limits to ensure safety and access.
City attorneys argued before a federal judge that the protesters have already won what they had been seeking. The city intends to put up a stage and a sound system at park number 578 about a block from the United Center. That too is causing controversy for the protest groups who object to other groups being able to use the equipment when they have been negotiating with the city for months.
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