Sioux Falls City Attorney: Independence Day Parade snubs protected
Leaders in South Dakota law community split on legality of parade committee barring select political speech from revived July 4 procession
The exclusion of political activist groups from the Sioux Falls Independence Day Parade has South Dakota legal minds at odds over whether free speech rights are being violated.
According to the Sioux Falls City Attorney’s Office, the Sioux Falls Independence Day Parade Committee’s (SFIDPC) denial of at least two parade applicants seeking to participate in the July 4 procession through downtown Sioux Falls will not jeopardize the parade permit issued earlier this year by City Hall.
