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.
And we cannot arrest these “protestors” just like we couldn’t arrest the BLM “protestors”. Sad that we can no longer enforce our laws.
Also going on at Ohare in Chicago, NYC and San Antonio
Try that in a small town........................
They tried it on a bridge here after George floyd.....it got stopped in less than 15 minutes.
The mayor and sheriff came on tv and said do it again and EVERYBODY goes to jail......never happened again.
Now that’s the Jacksonville I remember!...............
Had they worn MAGA hats, mass arrests would be no problem.
Let’s hope a Trump administration applies the RICO laws against them.
Domestic terrorism, interference of interstate commerce, unlawful assembly...
RE: we cannot arrest these “protestors” just like we couldn’t arrest the BLM “protestors”. Sad that we can no longer enforce our laws.
True.
There has to be conventional justice under the system of mutually agreed upon law and order or......
Truth be told, shouldn’t they be known as “pro-Hamas” protestors?
I saw something like this in a movie once ...
Israel: “They keep attacking us. What do you want us to do?”
Protesters: “Die”
Way to win over others to your point of view.
Past time to put a stop to this instead of pandering to them and letting them get away with it. It just gives them power over others.
Two yrs ago BLM-ANTIFA showed up to torch Ramona CA.
The Peckerwoods Motorcycle Club
Gently dissuaded them.
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Have we entered a new Round of Protests?
That means it’s an insurrection.
The legal system must be working so hard today./S
“Don’t take the law in your own hands.”
What law is being enforced? Whose hands are on the people out doing their paid jobs today?
Independence Day, POTUS talking to Alien....................
Suck on it, California.
Show up with chainsaws............................
These ‘protestors’ get their marching orders from Islamic jihad.
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