ACLU Co-Operating Attorney Carol Sobel Files Suit to Protect Activists' First Amendment Rights

Wednesday, June 27, 2001

ACLU co-operating attorney Carol Sobel filed suit in federal court today challenging the City of Long Beach's impediments to an activist community group, People for Community Empowerment, holding an Independence Day celebration at a city park.

The issue came to a head when police learned that anarchists would be tabling to distribute political literature at the event.

Sobel has been contacted by the city.

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ACLU Co-Operating Attorney Carol Sobel Files Suit to Protect Activists' First Amendment Rights

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