Golden Gate Bridge closed to bicyclists, pedestrians over protest

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 1/1/7 | Sabin Russell and Glen Martin

[SmithL]

SAN FRANCISCO -- The Golden Gate Bridge is open again to pedestrians and bikers after a hours-long closure earlier today.

Highway Patrol and San Francisco police officers closed the bridge after a small group of peace protesters tried to march across the span.

CodePink, an anti-war group, planned to walk across the bridge around noon today. The group, with members gathered at both ends of the bridge, was stopped by officers.

After about three hours, officials arrested CodePink leader Medea Benjamin and a handful of other protesters for trespassing.

[SoldierDad]

Thanks for the ping. That's an excellent question. Someone needs to audit their organization and find out where the money comes from.

[Not A Snowbird]

This woman with CodePink ...

Not to be catty, but... that's a woman?!

[Revolting cat!]

[tgslTakoma]

I say let the officers go spend their time more effectively and let the stranded commuters throw these idiots off the damned bridge.

That works for me.

[SoldierDad]

When I first saw this I laughed. But after thinking about it, this is an insult to a patriotic American. A later post of Al Franken being her son, though, is damned funny.

[Rb ver. 2.0]

"But after thinking about it, this is an insult to a patriotic American. "

I agree, she's an insult to Benjamin Franklin.

[SoldierDad]

Yes, that is what I meant.

[rottndog]

If it wasn't for the caption, you'd never know that was a woman being arrested.

Talk about fugly...

[Figment]

"Check out the fat guy offering the cuffed Pinko a drink of water before they haul her @$$ off to jail. Funny stuff!"

I don't think that fat guy is a guy.Biologically I mean

[CAWats]

I think that dragged her out of the Tenderloin.

[taxesareforever]

Three hours for the cops to perform arrests? Why? Did they have to go to lunch first?

[Prophet in the wilderness]

" She is a professional blind date "
in which, the standard requirement is that you need to be blind to tolerate it..... then again, some would say that Love is Blind " ....

[Prophet in the wilderness]

" That is one ugly woman! I've seen more attractive snow tires" .... yup, retreads from the 60s these people live in bazaar world, when will they ever give up that 1960s thinking ?

[Prophet in the wilderness]

" Apparently she burnt something in the Sixties and hasn't gotten around to replacing it yet. "

Yeah, good thing she's got that T shirt ON ! and keep it ON !

[Arizona Carolyn]

The woman in that first photo: Ugly with a capital U and, I suspect, in more ways than one.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

That's not a fat guy, that is a fat dyke ( look at her shirt, it's says " Wage Peace " ) but,, all in all, a bunch of dykes and freaks.

[Arizona Carolyn]

I'd love to see the What Not To Wear people get hold of some of these women, they always have such interesting comments to make to their "victims" they could have a field day with this group.

[Arizona Carolyn]

In a round about way, George Soros, as well as some anti-American, Communist, groups.

[Lovergirl]

LOL!!

[Arizona Carolyn]

Is she registered as a 501c3 organization? If so any one of us could ask to see the books.