We've seen a lot of crazy from the anti-Israel crew, from protesting Christmas tree lightings to storming the DNC building in D.C. But they keep showing they can always go lower and be more annoying.
They decided to go full-bore to annoy people in Los Angeles on Wednesday by shutting down the 110 Freeway around 9 a.m. Somehow they were able to stretch out across the whole freeway, link arms, and prevent cars from getting past. Backups then began to stretch into surrounding roads and streets.
NOW: Jewish organizers in Los Angeles with IfNotNow have stopped and are blocking the 110 Freeway downtown calling for a ceasefire in Gaza: pic.twitter.com/mFq3a8bUtd
— Jon peltz (@JonnyPeltz) December 13, 2023
Not only did they block hundreds of motorists, but they also trapped two buses of little kids for about an hour making them late for school too.
BREAKING: Moments ago pro Palestinian protestors shut down the southbound 110 freeway, which runs right through Downtown Los Angeles.
— Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) December 13, 2023
I'm sorry but this form of protest is not only dangerous, but also counterproductive.
I don't care what you are protesting, left, right, for or… pic.twitter.com/dtABjR5qJA
There was an enormous backup with drivers in this video getting out of their cars to start trying to get the activists to leave.
The 110 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles is at a standstill as protesters demand a ceasefire in Gaza. pic.twitter.com/x6idLocgfN
— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) December 13, 2023
This was where it started to not go well for the activists, with the drivers who just began to lose patience with the radical leftists.
Warning for graphic language:
One man has started pushing protesters and a motorcyclist is revving his engine at them: pic.twitter.com/DtaF5V0jIA
— Jon peltz (@JonnyPeltz) December 13, 2023
Drivers began pulling them away from the line. One was even picked up and thrown to the ground. You could hear a driver yelling at the activists saying this was not the way to do things.
More people on the freeway attack protesters - with one being thrown to the street - and CHP steps in: pic.twitter.com/yHW9IhP5Xh
— Jon peltz (@JonnyPeltz) December 13, 2023
That's when the California Highway Patrol stepped in and warned everyone they had to leave or face arrest. They even ordered the media away. Then they began arresting people around 10 a.m.
CHP just announced that all people on the freeway southbound as well as *specifically* all members of the media are in violation of the law and subject to the arrest immediately.
— Jon peltz (@JonnyPeltz) December 13, 2023
I asked for a clarification from an officer RE: media - who said that I was breaking the law. pic.twitter.com/QuPOMuM25E
They were able to remove people by about 10:30 and 75 people were detained. They had to clear away vehicles that stalled, so that took time too.
But if the "activists" think this kind of tactic works, they're sadly mistaken as the drivers showed. They just make people mad, even the people who might have been inclined to be on their side. So congratulations, guys, you just managed to turn more people against your "cause."
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