Posted on 04/15/2024 11:01:02 AM PDT by Red Badger
OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- Protesters are causing major traffic issues across the Bay Area, including in Oakland and on the Golden Gate Bridge, as part of a worldwide economic blockade in solidarity with Palestine.
The first protest Monday morning happened on northbound I-880 in Oakland at 5th Ave., where Protesters brought barrels filled with concrete onto the highway and chained themselves to the barrels. Law enforcement had to cut through the barrels before they could arrest the protesters. Only one lane has been opened.
Southbound I-880 has also closed as hundreds of protesters made their way onto the highway with banners. This is at 7th St. in West Oakland. CHP says only one person has been arrested so far.
Protesters have also blocked all lanes in the southbound direction of the Golden Gate Bridge. It is now backed up for miles into Marin. As of 10:30 a.m., protesters were beginning to be arrested on the Golden Gate Bridge.
Organizers say these protests are a part of A15, a worldwide economic blockade in solidarity with Palestine and calling for an arms embargo and an end to US taxpayer funding for Israel. Monday is the tax deadline for most Americans.
The Oakland Economic Blockade Against Palestinian Genocide says they are protesting alongside 56 cities around the world.
Protests have blocked traffic in other major cities Monday morning, including Chicago at O'Hare Airport.
In November, protesters calling for a cease-fire in Gaza shut down the Bay Bridge during the APEC Summit.
In total 78 people were charged, but a case against these protesters has been dismissed.
Instead, the protesters accepted a diversion agreement, where they'll each have to do five hours of community service, and the group as a whole will pay about $4,500 in restitution.
The ABC7 link at top of thread has a live video feed.
We can arrest them, no problem, in my Country. Kentucky.
California is just one of the more goofy countries in the United States. I avoid it like the plague.
Ya got me on a technicality.
I’m thinking front-mounted sprayers (similar to windshield washers) spraying sugar water. And a container of hornets with a blower to blow them onto the protestors.
DFW is not San Antonio, Austin, or Houston.
I’m in SA - not a word about it on SM.
For starters, if they stepped off the walkway onto the driving lane they should pay the “car” toll, $9.75.
😁.........................
Yes, just think of all that dough the government is out of!................
Next time they’ll show up with car bombs. The more this is tolerated, the worse it will get.
How ‘bout them COWBOYS!.................
No, I think I’d of remembered that.......and you lived to tell about it!
Since they are all chained together, just add a huge anchor over the side of the bridge and see how long they can keep it from dropping. It would be entertaining.................
I don’t. Was there not a nearby mini gun they could borrow for trash removal??
Yup, some decent sheriffs in Jax and nearby.
Several times the male news anchor made sure that the audience was aware that this was because people in Gaza were ‘literally starving’. Our media at work.
All we need is Judge Hoffman and Mayor Daley.
Shut down the blue s***holes forever, as long as it is tolerated, the Palis and Hamas will do it…zero sympathy for blue voters…
🤣🤣. Suck it up BayArea Leftists, you reap what you sow.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.