Police Commission denies permit for longtime organizer

Adrian Dove waves to the crowd during the annual Kingdom Day Parade in the pre-Covid era. The longtime parade organizer says he is being squeezed out of running the annual parade for the coming year cecause of a tachnicality in the application process.

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By Stephen Oduntan

Contributing Writer

SOUTH LOS ANGELES — The leadership of the upcoming Kingdom Day Parade became embroiled in controversy this week after the Los Angeles’ Police Permit Review Panel voted 4–1 Sept. 22 to uphold the denial of longtime parade organizer Adrian Dove’s application for next year’s parade, effectively squeezing him out of a position he has held for more than 20 years.

The panel said Dove technically violated the rules by submitting his applic

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