Controversial conservative blogger Pamela Geller says in a new lawsuit that Mayor Bill de Blasio’s ban on public demonstrations violates her First Amendment right to protest the shut-down. “There is no justification, pandemic or otherwise, for a government official to revoke this fundamental right of the people,” wrote lawyer David Yerushalmi in the civil rights filing that asks a judge to rescind the directive.
The suit, which also names Police
Commissioner Dermot Shea, says that if not for the “draconian
restrictions on liberty” banning demonstrations, Geller would have
organized and participated in a rally against the shut-down. These demonstrations, she argued, can be held while “maintaining proper social distancing.”...........To Read More....
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