Memphis denies permit for march against Dakota pipeline

The city of Memphis denied a permit this week to activists organizing a Friday march through Downtown to show solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation's opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline.

Organizer Zanya Mudbone Cruz, who is part Mexican, Apache and Seneca, said the prayer march will continue as planned, starting at 7 p.m. at Beale Street Landing and ending at Memphis City Hall. The march will parallel a similar march that morning Washington, D.C.

"We're basically recognizing and acting on our First Amendment rights in our constitution that they so want us to believe in," she said.

But city leaders said the reason for not granting the permit was because organizers did not meet several requirements associated with the application.

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