Anti-Israel protesters shut down traffic near Los Angeles International Airport this week, accomplishing nothing more than making a total nuisance of themselves.
At what point do states uniformly make this type of protest an enforceable crime? No one should be allowed to prevent the movement of people on roads that taxpayers paid for.
ABC 7 in California reports:
Protesters calling for Gaza ceasefire block streets near LAXTraffic near Los Angeles International Airport was partially blocked Friday afternoon and evening as dozens of protesters marched to bring attention to the Israel-Hamas conflict.The group is calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, saying “the goal of Friday’s action is to stop business as usual for the systems facilitating the current war and the long-running occupation.” In media statements they described themselves as an “unaffiliated group of Palestinians, Jews, and Angelenos of conscience.”The group was protesting on roads near LAX for several hours Friday afternoon. By 5 p.m., they were walking slowly over the 96th Street overpass near Sepulveda Boulevard. With traffic officers on hand, a single lane of cars was allowed to slowly pass by the march.They later stopped in the middle of an intersection at 96th and Vicksburg Avenue, just outside LAX, as traffic in all four directions began stacking up.
See some clips below:
This video report from FOX 11 in Los Angeles points out that the protesters never entered the grounds of the airport because they probably knew that would be a federal crime.
Karol Markowicz has a suggestion for how to deal with these types of protests.
She writes at the New York Post:
‘Protesters’ closing roads, bridges are RIOTERS — arrest them allHow much longer will we put up with “peaceful protests” actually being violent riots?How many more times will we allow our roads and bridges to be shut down for the leftist lunacy of the day before we say enough?This week, a pro-Palestinian protest shut down the Manhattan Bridge.It wasn’t the first time the bridge had been brought to a standstill to ostensibly take a stand for Palestine.The bridge was shut down in November too…There’s a chaos that occurs in the wake of these riots that adds a layer of fear for law-abiding citizens who just want to get home from work but can’t because college kids with trust funds are blocking the roadway.People deserve to live in places without occasional unchecked mayhem.Police have to start making mass arrests, and prosecutors need to enforce the laws.
Nothing is going to change until the people who pay the bills (taxpayers) start making demands.
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