Posted on 06/25/2022 5:12:39 PM PDT by Morgana
A pro-abortion protester who shut down a bridge in Washington D.C. after scaling one of its huge 70-foot arches without a safety harness has been arrested.
Guido Reichstadter, 42, stationed himself on top the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge for nearly 28 hours in protest of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
The Miami, Florida native was seen flying a green banner in support of reproductive rights and and waving a yellow flag that read: 'Don't tread on my uterus.'
Reichstadter began his protest Friday morning, just moments before the 6-3 ruling powered by the high court's conservative majority overturned the landmark 1973 decision that guaranteed abortion rights in the U.S.
The father-of-two said he decided to climb the bridge after having 'a very, very, very strong emotional reaction' to the ruling and how it impacts the future of rights for women, specifically his 12-year-old daughter.
Reichstadter was also arrested during a protest on June 6 after he locked himself by the neck to the fence outside the Supreme Court building.
Reichstadter scaled the arch shortly after 9.30am Friday, prompting police to close the 1,445-foot long bridge and inflate a large air cushion in the roadway in case he fell.
The Frederick Douglass bridge remained closed until nearly 2pm Saturday.
'I will get out of jail as soon as I can,' he told his Instagram followers before starting his descent down the bridge. 'This is not the end. This is just the beginning.'
Reichstadter was arrested around 1.20pm for unlawful entry, crowding, obstructing or incommoding and failure to obey, police confirmed to DailyMail.com.
He received treatment from D.C. fire and EMS and was then transported to the first district police station for processing.
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What a world class moron.
Seems like a sniper could have picked him off without too much trouble. Then everyone could just go about their business. Was Lon Horiuchi busy?
He didn’t shut down the bridge.
No, some idiot in government shut down the bridge.
I do not mean this literally but wouldn’t it have been funny if a marksman shot PAST him and then they asked him if he wanted to come down or does he want to get aborted?
Child killers shut down a bridge in Washington D.C.
The police then retreated to their Safe Spaces with their favorite blankies, their donut-flavored binkies and their sippy cups.
Who cares if some nimrod splats on the pavement?
Close the entire bridge?
What a bunch of tofu-guzzling betas.
Heh... it woulda been funny if they shot him in the ass with a tranq dart. That’s what they do to bears that come down and climb things.
How did he get down?
The only way to stop this nonsense is LONG prison sentences.
20 years. Hard time. No parole.
I was thinking “pinata”.
He’s a drama queen.
He took water up with him, and it got away from him and rolled down the bridge. He probably came down because he finally got thirsty (it was hot here today).
But he was willing to suffer greatly for the glorious cause! - for a whole 28 hours.
Retired and collecting his blood money.
Let her stay up there
What is the problem
Him
He said earlier today that there was a hatch he could use. I think you could see it in some of the live videos earlier.
On the other hand, it doesn’t look hard to climb UP it; but coming down the same way would be more difficult.
Shut down all the blue cities, abortion fans. / smirk
I thought the ruling was 5-4 ?
Kinda sucks to have a moron for a father.
So let him.
Play stupid games, win stupidprizes.
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