UPDATE NOVEMBER 4, 2021, AT 4PM:
The Pierre City Commission has approved a street closure request from a group wanting to hold a demonstration Monday (Nov. 8, 2021) at the State Capitol while state lawmakers are gathered for a special legislative session on redistricting.
During this week’s (Nov. 2, 2021) city commission meeting, a representative of the group Health Freedom of South Dakota, Laurie Nuske, asked for a portion of one of the streets north of the Capitol to be blocked off for a “Mandate Freedom” rally.
An Associated Press story Thursday (Nov. 4, 2021) says, “Protesters against COVID-19 vaccine mandates in South Dakota are suing Gov. Kristi Noem after the state denied their application to demonstrate on Capitol grounds during a special legislative session this month. The group of protesters say they planned to hold a demonstration next week to push the Legislature to take up a bill that would keep businesses from requiring vaccines as a condition of employment. But they were told by state employees they could not hold the event on Capitol grounds because it was being decorated for a Christmas display.”
Map image credit City of Pierre.
ORIGINAL STORY NOVEMBER 4, 2021, AT 10AM:
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Protesters against COVID-19 vaccine mandates in South Dakota are suing Gov. Kristi Noem after the state denied their application to demonstrate on Capitol grounds in Pierre during a special legislative session this month. The group of protesters say they planned to hold a demonstration next week to push the Legislature to take up a bill that would keep businesses from requiring vaccines as a condition of employment. But they were told by state employees they could not hold the event on Capitol grounds because it was being decorated for a Christmas display.
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