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  • 2016-12-12 (xsd:date)
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  • National Park Service Denying Inauguration Protest Permits? (en)
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  • On 9 December 2016, a Daily Kos diarist set off a firestorm of controversy when the site posted a claim that the National Park Service filed paperwork specifically to block a Million Women March against President-elect Donald Trump planned for 21 January 2017: Daily Kos sourced its claims to an 8 December 2016 Guardian piece which presented the conflict in a slightly different light: On 8 December 2016, the Answer Coalition issued a press release accusing the NPS of censoring protests (as well as creating a fake news distraction prior to the dispute). However, according to a 9 December 2016 Washington Post article, the NPS applied for sweeping permits more than a year before any inauguration (and well before the November general election): According to reports, paperwork obtained by Answer Coalition supported the NPS's statement; permits were obtained well before and had nothing to do with the results of the 2016 general election: On 9 December 2016, the National Park Service released a statement on social media indicating that attempts were underway to accommodate the protests. In that statement, NPS noted that the permits were filed well before the election (and thus well before the Million Women March was planned), adding that permits may still be granted based on the space required for the inauguration: No information suggests that this was an effort to quash demonstrations or dissent, or that groups planning protests were blocked from locations other than those regularly reserved by the NPS as part of routine inauguration planning. (en)
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