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Council adopts statement to protect demonstrators’ constitutional rights ahead of DNC
Summary
On Aug. 11 the City Council unanimously approved a motion declaring that the city will not attempt to impinge on demonstrators’ constitutional rights during the Democratic National Convention and that demonstrators will be afforded full rights by the police department.
The Los Angeles City Council on Aug. 11 voted unanimously to adopt a council statement intended to protect the exercise of demonstrators’ constitutional rights during the upcoming Democratic National Convention.
Council members debated competing wordings but ultimately approved a substitute motion (the final text substituted for a longer original proposal). The adopted language states that the city will not attempt to impinge on demonstrators’ exercise of constitutional rights during the Democratic National Convention…
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