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With Mayor Johnson on the clock to decide whether to renew the ShotSpotter deal, an internal document obtained by the Sun-Times underscores previous criticism that the technology is ineffective and too costly.
Due to a technicality, the city was forced on appeal Monday to allow one of those groups to march to the sidewalk in front of the United Center. The Poor People’s Army was granted its permit after the city failed to respond to the application within its own 10-day deadline.
Due to a technicality, a group of demonstrators will be allowed just outside the Democratic National Convention in Chicago this summer, despite opposition from local and Democratic officials. The Sun-Times reports the city failed to respond to a permit application within its own 10-day deadline and, on appeal, must now allow a group called the Poor People's Army to protest at the DNC, scheduled for Aug. 19-22 at the United Center.