Pro-Palestinian Protesters Shut Down the 110 Freeway in Los Angeles

(AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)

Pro-Palestinian protesters have shut down the 110 freeway in Los Angeles to demand a ceasefire. As you’ll see, LA drivers were not happy about it.

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LAPD arrived within 10 minutes and the protesters sat down and began singing.

Police ordered everyone off the freeway but of course the protesters just kept bleating. Meanwhile, increasingly angry drivers were getting out of their cars to shout at the protesters.

Among the many people trapped behind the protest were two school buses.

You can see the school buses in this overhead shot:

More police arrived but by now the commuters are getting angry and impatient.

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Commuters start manhandling some of the protesters who aren’t sitting anymore. The police intervene just as things are getting out of hand. They warn that anyone standing on the freeway is now subject to arrest.

The protesters refused to move and so police wound up arresting 75 people.

Shortly before 10 a.m., CHP officers began approaching the protesters individually, tying their hands with zip-ties and taking them into custody without incident. After being detained, the activists were each placed in one of the two-dozen Highway Patrol cruisers and cargo vans that were parked on the freeway.

The CHP later confirmed that 75 people involved in the protest were arrested.

Southbound traffic was backed up past Dodger Stadium and the 5 Freeway interchange as the sit-in continued. About 11:30 a.m., the Highway Patrol reopened all freeway lanes to drivers.

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Some video of the arrests.

The freeway was finally reopened about 2 1/2 hours after the protesters shut it down. Of course the problem is that all of these people will be quickly released, their prosecution will be dragged out, downgraded and eventually will result in nothing. Protesters have no right to exercise their rights on a busy freeway. Protests are subject to reasonable time and place restrictions but because the left keeps getting away with this sort of thing there’s no real reason for them to stop. Give each of these people a swift hearing and 60 days in jail and leftist protesters will be much less interested in playing this game.

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