NYC Oct. 5 Rally Permit Cut Short by Parks Department

For IMMEDIATE RELEASE
World Can’t Wait– Drive Out the Bush Regime  
(www.worldcantwait.org)
Wednesday – October 4
Press Contact: Connie Julian, 718-825-9119

World Can’t Wait RALLY Permit Cut Short by Parks Department for NYC Protest on Oct. 5– One of 180 Protests Nationwide

On Tuesday in the late afternoon, Chief Smolka of the New York Police Department reversed an earlier decision, and announced that the NYPD intends to shut down the October 5 World Can’t Wait-Drive Out the Bush Regime rally in Union Square at 6pm. The reason given by Lt. Caneco is that residents in Gramercy Park complain about noise when they are trying to feed their children in the evening.

This decision revoked an earlier Parks Department permit for Union Square, from 3pm to 9pm, which authorized sound from 4:30pm to 8:30 pm.

On Wednesday morning, organizers of the World Can’t Wait-Drive Out the Bush Regime will go to court to challenge this unusual reversal of a decision. The organization will be represented by Dan Perez of the law firm Kuby & Perez. Normal Siegal and Dan Perez called the Corporation Council but as of 6:30pm Tues. had not heard back.

This protest on Thursday October 5th, is one of over 180 taking place across the country. People will walk out of school, take off work, gather in town squares, and march– declaring their determination to bring the Bush program to a halt. There has also been a protracted permit battle over the protest scheduled in Chicago.

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