Angry Los Angeles drivers got out of their cars to help police clear protesters off the road during the morning rush hour after they blocked it for hours.
Several drivers were seen fighting with protesters, from the group IfNotNow LA, calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, who defiantly sat in a line to stop the road on Wednesday morning.
Fed up drivers yelled at protesters to move, tearing down their signs, and one man was even seen pinning another on the hood of a car in the southbound lane of the 110 Freeway. videos posted on social media programs.
“You idiots are just hurting the workers.” a frustrated driver shouted.
The protest group describes itself as “anti-apartheid American Jews working to end our community’s support for the Israeli occupation of Palestine” and as they occupied the highway, they chanted in Hebrew, erected a six-foot menorah and They shouted: “Carenla.” according to the Los Angeles Times.
Several drivers were seen fighting with protesters who defiantly sat in a line on the road Wednesday morning. REUTERS Fed up drivers yelled at protesters to move, tearing down their signs, and one man was even seen pinning another on the hood of a car in the southbound lane of Highway 110. REUTERS The protesters, who are Jewish, They called for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. As they occupied the road, they changed their Hebrew language, erected a six-foot menorah, and shouted, “Take it down.” REUTERS
They backed up traffic so much that a mother and daughter were stuck at a red light leading to an on-ramp. The mother became so frustrated that she threw up her hands and screamed, “Is it over? “I am in favor of a ceasefire, but we are late,” The Times reported.
Another man, who noticed traffic stopping before merging, left the road to grab a coffee nearby and wait.
The California Highway Patrol was notified of the stoppage around 9 a.m. and began detaining protesters around 10 a.m., The Times reported.
Seventy-five protesters were detained and herded into about two dozen police cars to be taken off the road. They were arrested on suspicion of breaching a dispersal order. REUTERS The California Highway Patrol was notified of the stoppage around 9 am and began detaining protesters around 10 am. A state trooper repeatedly told protesters to “get off the highway.” When they ignored the requests, officers approached individual protesters, tied their hands, and led them away without incident. REUTERS Officers had to remove a seven-foot menorah from the road, as well as discarded signs. REUTERS
Seventy-five protesters were detained and herded into about two dozen police cars to be taken off the road. They were arrested on suspicion of breaching a dispersal order.
A state trooper repeatedly told protesters to ‘get off the freeway’ in a video published on X.
When they ignored the requests, officers approached individual protesters, tied their hands and led them away without incident, according to ABC 7.
The highway was fully reopened at 11:30 am, according to the local media.
Organizers of the IfNotNow protesters – a Jewish organization calling for an end to US support for Israel – apologized to the drivers for disrupting their trips, but said they thought the only way to get their message across was to do so. REUTERS
Protest organizers apologized to drivers for disrupting their trips but said it was the only way to get their message across.
“We’ve tried everything else. We have called, we have marched, we have sung, we have prayed. We have written letters and visited offices,” IfNotNow spokesperson Noa Kattler-Kupetz told The Times.
“Yet politicians like President Biden continue to put up obstacles, and Israel continues to massacre thousands of innocent Gazans. Enough. “We can’t wait another day.”
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