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Jim Orey, 55, left next to crime scene tape, and John Blackman, 61, among a group of convicted sex offenders gathered at Carson city hall for a march on Saturday to demand equal rights to visit fast-food restaurants, parks, libraries and other public areas from which they are now banned. The protest is timed to coincide with the date of Martin Luther King Jr.'s voting-rights march to Selma, Ala., 50 years ago to emphasize that the issue is about a denial of constitutionally protected human rights. Carson imposes the state's harshest restrictions against registered sex offenders. Registered citizens, family members, and all who support them joined the march was organized by California RSOL - California Reform Sex Offender Laws. (Photo by Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

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