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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Did you talk to your daughter about sex? Or did you let the school tell them the wrong information? Like men can get pregnant!
gotta admit they are insanely passionate about baby murder.
Father Sarducci?
Florida Man strikes again!
Shoot him down with a bean bag, it works for cats.
Finds da popa in da pizza
Gravity let us down. (Pun intended)
Paintball target.
Should have shot him off the bridge.
The next 20 years will be hard time with no parole for everyone in or out of prison.
Yup
Hmm, it is still legal in DC so his idiotic stunt accomplished nothing but show his stupidity.
Nothing a police sniper couldn’t fix.
“I am a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, and I never intend to belong to any other party than the party of freedom and progress.
~ Frederick Douglass
Pro-abortion protesters turning into jumpers?.
Why did this shut the bridge down?
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