City of Everett had kept apart Planned Parenthood defenders and opponents, but that ended last week

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

EVERETT — Demonstrators against and for abortion rights once again are mingling at weekly gatherings on the sidewalk around the Planned Parenthood clinic at 32nd Street and Hoyt Avenue, after the city last week lifted restrictions that were in place for months.

Earlier this year, the city implemented what are called time, place and manner restrictions during recurring Wednesday demonstrations outside the health clinic. The city previously had similar rules for monthly Saturday gatherings at the clinic.

Anti-abortion activists had been clashing with pro-choice advocates in boisterous and contentious confrontations. None resulted in criminal charges, but the gatherings became a public safety concern, which prompted the restrictions, city officials said in April.

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But the city ceased the restrictions around the clinic last week because “the police department concluded the risk to public safety at the Wednesday protest was minimal and removed the temporary restrictions with the belief individuals could avoid conflict without barriers or designated protest areas,” Cortes said. “The restrictions were preventative and intended to be temporary.”

https://www.heraldnet.com/news/see-you-on-the-sidewalk-no-more-protest-zones-at-clinic/

[nykym]

1. Good luck with that

When have mouth breathers been respectful of anyone's civil rights?

[Delmette2.0]

2. +1

Thank you.

[secondwind]

3. These folks can be vicious.,,

When I volunteered at PP on Saturdays in Boston, I would park my car a couple of blocks away from the madness.

Same for after the shift, I would walk away in a different direction , and skirt back. I did this every Saturday for two years.