MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WBTW) – A judge has issued an order denying the NAACP’s request to stop Myrtle Beach’s Memorial Day traffic patterns.

U.S. District Court Judge Mary G. Lewis issued the order on Wednesday, “denying the NAACP’s request for a preliminary injunction to halt the City of Myrtle Beach’s traffic patterns for the Memorial Day weekend,” a tweet from the City of Myrtle Beach said.

According to the city’s website, the traffic plans include one-way traffic on Ocean Boulevard and the traffic loop pattern, which the city says will be in effect from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

The full order can be read here.

The NAACP filed the injunction against the City of Myrtle Beach on February 22.

The injunction claimed that the City of Myrtle Beach “has imposed a variety of unique policies and restrictions for the annual motorcycle rally held over that weekend” in “an explicit effort to minimize participation in Black Bike Week and to ultimately end the event.”

In February 2018, the Myrtle Beach branch of the NAACP and three people filed a race discrimination lawsuit, alleging that the City of Myrtle Beach and the City of Myrtle Beach Police Department discriminate against African-American tourists.

More plaintiffs were added to the lawsuit in mid-February.

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