Anti-Israel activists brought a vital Los Angeles traffic artery to a standstill when they blocked Interstate 110 in another of the pro-Hamas protests that have taken place to demand a ceasefire before the terrorist organization is eradicated.
On Wednesday morning, activists from the local chapter of a radical left-wing organization parked across the southbound Harbor Freeway in downtown Los Angeles, completely shutting down travel to commuters during rush hour for about two hours until the police were able to put an end to the protest. to arrest dozens of activist criminals, allowing the resumption of traffic.
(Video: YouTube/ABC7)
Local news shows the scene on video taken from Sky Cam helicopters where a column of vehicles is trapped with no way out, disrupting people who were just trying to get to work and go about their daily tasks, without forget a route for ambulances and emergency vehicles.
Backups also extended onto secondary streets and nearby roads, creating a major traffic nightmare during one of the busiest times of the day.
(Video: YouTube/KTLA)
The group that organized the protest, IfNotNow identifies itself as “a movement of American Jews organizing our community to end US support for Israel's apartheid system and demand equality, justice and a future prosperous for all Palestinians and Israelis.”
IfNotNow uses the professed Judaism of its members to hide what is the same kind of anti-Western agenda that has been at the heart of other domestic “protest” movements that have waged war on society in post-Obama America, especially George. Floyd's chaos “summer of love” and various and various anti-Trump demonstrations.
“We've tried everything else. We shouted, we marched, we sang, we prayed. We've written letters and visited offices,” IfNotNow spokeswoman Noa Kattler-Kupetz said in a statement, according to the Los Angeles Times. “Yet politicians like President Biden continue to stonewall, and Israel continues to massacre thousands of innocent people in Gaza. enough We can't wait another day.”
According to a local report, school buses were among the vehicles affected by the protest.
Two school buses full of children were stuck on the 110 Freeway for more than an hour during a roadside protest Wednesday morning calling for a cease-fire in the war between Israel and Hamas. pic.twitter.com/domuskGL5
— KCAL News (@kcalnews) December 13, 2023
While these disruptive demonstrations make great performative theater and grab headlines, activists aren't exactly winning the hearts and minds of people who might otherwise be swayed into sympathy for the cause.
“A pro-Hamas mob has shut down the 110 Freeway in Los Angeles and angry drivers are taking matters into their own hands,” conservative commentator Charlie Kirk wrote on X, sharing a video of the angry reaction to the protest . “Not only is this 'protest' illegal and dangerous, it's also stupid. They just blocked Angelenos' main artery through downtown, the holy cow of transportation. If you want LA Democrats don't support your cause, that's what you do. Way to go, idiots.”
A pro-Hamas mob has shut down the 110 Freeway in Los Angeles, and angry drivers are taking matters into their own hands.
This “protest” is not only illegal and dangerous, but also stupid. They just blocked the main artery of Angelenos that runs through the center of the city, the holy cow of transportation… https://t.co/mQ60KDskZt
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) December 13, 2023
Another video posted on X shows a bystander throwing a traffic cone at protesters.
A motorcycle drove past the protest line – no one was hurt or hit as far as I could tell – and people angrily left their cars to argue with the protesters. A man throws a traffic cone at the menorah: pic.twitter.com/vRuFtddBUW
— Jon Peltz (@JonnyPeltz) December 13, 2023
X users reacted to the group's disdain for Los Angelinos.
Nothing wins the hearts and minds of Angelenos like an hour-long traffic jam! Keep up the good work, you are doing great!
— deepshots (@peel_slowly) December 13, 2023
We want to protest fake genocide, so we blocked the freeway to Children's Hospital Los Angeles
— Hillary (@hillduhski) December 13, 2023
Closing a freeway with a protest in Los Angeles will not stop the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.
All people do is piss off other motorists trying to get through the day.
— AlwaysRollingLife (@AlwaysRolling00) December 13, 2023
Good thing they were arrested!
What gives them the right to directly block free movement?— ALL IN CRYPTO (@aesagt) December 13, 2023
This is a great way to build solidarity AGAINST whatever your cause is.
— Brian Doherty (@BDOH) December 13, 2023
75 people were arrested by California Highway Patrol officers seconds on the local news.
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