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American Military News by Liz George   May 10, 2021

Vets to sue NYC for denying Memorial Day parade permit after approving BLM protests and more

A veterans’ group said on Monday it will sue New York City if it is not allowed to hold its annual Memorial Day parade after the group was denied a permit for the event. The group said the city displayed a double standard by allowing Black Lives Matter protests, as well as several other parades, to gather across the city for months.

The United Staten Island Veterans’ Organization, an association comprised of 16 local military service member groups, submitted the request for a parade permit in February and received the denial in March, Staten Island Live reported.

The veterans’ organization projected that around 1,000 participants would march down Forest Avenue from Hart Boulevard to Greenleaf Avenue, an 18-block stretch of the leafy commercial street in West Brighton, according to the New York Post, but the NYPD denied their request.

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