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- From: ftarnol@nmastaff.mnet.uswest.com (Fred Arnold (303) 896-8084)
- Subject: MLK Celebration '94 - Does the KKK participate?
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 03:58:18 GMT
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- I read in the Denver paper this morning that Denver Mayor Webb had devised
- a new approach to the MLK festivities designed to keep the Klan off the
- Capitol steps next Jan. Just show up early enough to be the first in line to
- file for a permit. Beat the Klan to the punch. Based on Shawn Slater's
- comment in the Post, it doesn't look like it worked.
-
- Shawn says that if they're denied a permit for the Capitol steps, the Klan
- will file for a permit to assemble at the City/County building, which, I
- believe, is RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET from the MLK assembly point downtown.
- Further, he told the Post that if that fails, the Klan will simply join the
- parade, since THEY DON'T NEED police protection.
-
- It's hard to imagine that the Klan could march in the MLK parade without a
- violent confrontation. This particular bunch of scuzballs has had success
- the last couple of years in disrupting the festivities, although this year's
- celebration was relatively calm, compared to last year.
-
- A related article quoted a police source whose name I've forgotten saying
- that the Klan's activities are costing the city too much money. The
- implication was that $$ was sufficient cause to deny the Klan a permit.
- Since Denver (and the state, for that matter) don't have a real impressive
- record when it comes to upholding the right of the people to peaceably
- assemble, as guaranteed in the Bill of Rights (witness the Columbus day
- parade cancellation and last year's heavy handed attempt by Governor Romer
- to stop the Klan), SURELY the city could not be so stupid as to try some
- money-motivated scheme to deny the Klan a permit?
-
- I'm not a resident of Denver, so it's pretty hard for me to get too worked
- up over the cost of protecting the Klan, and I sure don't want to see anyone,
- even the Klan, lose their right to free speech and assembly. Having said
- that, it sure would be great if someone would propose a tactic that would
- neutralize the Klan and allow us to celebrate the birth and life of a
- most remarkable American.
-
- How 'bout it, anyone got any ideas?
-
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