Especially beware the ones with signs that say; "RODNEY KING!" Decius wrote: ] New York's Central Park has long been the logical place for ] mass gatherings, with its sprawling Great Lawn and, well, ] central location. In 1991, singer Paul Simon drew 750,000 ] there. In 1995, Pope John Paul II celebrated a mass that drew ] more than 130,000. And in 1997, country singer Garth Brooks ] played to a crowd of 250,000. ] ] But political assemblies on the eve of the Republican National ] Convention appear to be taboo. This week, city officials ] persuaded a federal judge to keep the park off limits Saturday ] to a protest rally by 75,000 people jointly sponsored by an ] Arab-American coalition and an anti-war group. RE: Yahoo! News - New York tramples Bill of Rights to protect 'grass'? |