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DEVELOPING NEWS THIS
NOONTIME.
THE CITY OF BOSTON IS
GEARING UP FOR WHAT'S
BEING CALLED "A FREE
SPEECH" RALLY
TOMORROW ON BOSTON
COMMON.
AT A NEWS CONFERENCE
THIS MORNING --
OFFICIALS SAID THEY ARE
PREPARED.
THE ORGANIZERS OF THE
RALLY SAY IT WON'T BE
LIKE THE WHITE
SUPREMACIST EVENT
THAT LED TO VIOLENCE IN
VIRGINIA LAST WEEKEND.
BOSTON MAYOR MARTY
WALSH AND GOVERNOR
CHARLIE BAKER
ENCOURAGED PEOPLE TO
AVOID THE COMMON -- BUT
SAID THE CITY WILL DO
WHAT IS NECESSARY TO
KEEP EVERYONE SAFE.
["There have been questions
about
why we granted a permit for the
rally
tomorrow. The courts have made
it
abundantly clear they have the
right
to gather no matter how
repugnant
their views are. But they don't
have
the right to create unsafe
conditions,
so we are going to respect their
right
of free speech. In return, they
must
respect our city." ]
We are going to do everything we
can to be sure that tomorrow is
about liberty and justice and
about
freedom and peace and yes, the
right for people to peacefully
gather
and assemble
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THE PERMIT IS FOR 100
PEOPLE AND A TWO-HOUR
RALLY FROM NOON UNTIL
2 P-M ON BOSTON
COMMON.
THE BOSTON POLICE
DEPARTMENT WILL HAVE
FIVE HUNDRED OFFICERS
MONITORING THE RALLY.
THEY'VE ALSO INSTALLED
FENCING AND SECURITY
CAMERAS ON THE
COMMON.
