The groups had sought permits for protest marches on the first and last days of the Democratic National Convention in August, with parade routes that would have taken them within one block of the United Center
CHICAGO -- Three groups who were denied permits to hold a pair of pro-Palestinian protest marches within blocks of the United Center during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago this summer filed a federal lawsuit against the city on Friday, accusing officials of violating their First Amendment rights.
The groups also claimed, when the city denied their permits, officials were required to offer an alternative route that is within similar visibility to the United Center as the one they sought, but instead offered one more than three miles away in Grant Park, where convention guests would not be able to see them.
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