LAPD board denies permit for immigration rally, citing safet

[Jean]

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/stat ... ermit.html

LAPD board denies permit for immigration rally, citing safety


ASSOCIATED PRESS

10:20 p.m. February 13, 2007

LOS ANGELES – The Police Commission has denied a request to hold an immigrant rights rally Feb. 24, sparking outrage by the event organizer who alleged the decision infringed on his free speech rights.
The commission on Tuesday raised public safety concerns because the rally would coincide with an annual Chinese New Year parade, which is expected to attract 150,000 people to downtown on the same day.

Allowing both large events would create a “diversion that would jeopardize the level of police service to other areas of the city,” police Capt. Kevin McCarthy said.

Commissioners suggested the rally could move to Feb. 25.

Juan Jose Gutierrez of Full Rights for Immigrants disagreed, saying the decision prevented his group “from exercising our constitutional rights to express ourselves on that day.”

He said a Feb. 24 rally has been heavily publicized since December in the Spanish-language media and 50,000 fliers have been distributed. The rally was organized to bring attention to concerns about recent immigration sweeps, he said.

Police said parade organizers submitted their application a week before the immigrants' group applied for their permit.

Commission President John Mack said the decision to reject the request was based on law, not ideology.

[redbadger]

Juan Jose Gutierrez ...maybe because you are a commie...with a load of crap coming from you boring blah,blah blah mouth...

[IndianaJones]

Juan Jose Gutierrez of Full Rights for Immigrants disagreed, saying the decision prevented his group “from exercising our constitutional rights to express ourselves on that day.”

Illegals aliens please feel free to express your constitutional rights in your own country not here. Americans get first dibs in America.

[loservillelabor]

Maybe they can introduce a special Bill to change the date of Chinese New Year?

[CCUSA]

Exactly! America is not the WORLD'S country to bully around and demand rights you don't have a right to. Go back is right and demand change in your own countries.

[Kate]

Gee, he should have made sure he had approval before he publicized for that day. Can you spell D-U-M-B?

The police have every right to decide what they are able to handle on any given day, and this includes the safety of all other citizens in their jurisdiction.

[Cindy]

Juan Jose Gutierrez of Full Rights for Immigrants disagreed, saying the decision prevented his group “from exercising our constitutional rights to express ourselves on that day.”

Illegal's do not have American constitutional rights, Juan Jose Guitierrez. March in your own country, not ours.

[GREGAGREATAMERICAN]

GO HOME AND GET YOUR PERMIT
Now we need to go get one for the same time the same day the same place

[redbadger]

I heard Juan Jose Gutierrez.... is a illegal

[GREGAGREATAMERICAN]

Do we have a way of checking for every time they file for one ?
like around here we get a report eveyday when some one files for a building permit or any permit its costly but its worth it