https://kron4.com/news/bay-area/bay-bridge-protest-blocks-all-we…
Around 50 to 60 protesters on the bridge were arrested and processed by responding CHP officers before being led to awaiting buses, according to KRON4’s Will Tran. Approximately 250 officers are on scene, according to CHP.
At 10 a.m., lanes of westbound traffic reopened on the Bay Bridge to clear cars that were already on the bridge. Drivers backed up before the toll plaza were guided by CHP to turn around back into Oakland. The westbound direction is estimated to reopen around noon, Tran said.
During a news conference, the CHP said that protesters abandoned their vehicles on the Bay Bridge and threw the keys into the Bay. Fifteen vehicles have been towed from the bridge as of 9:45 a.m., and the CHP estimates another 5 to 15 more vehicles will need to be towed.
Protest organizers are calling for an immediate ceasefire and to end U.S. military aid to Israel, according to a press release.
@ISIDEWITH7mos7MO
Do drastic actions, like throwing vehicle keys into the Bay, effectively persuade the public to support the protesters' cause or does it alienate potential allies?
@9H2SJ4GRepublican7mos7MO
It not only alienates, but makes people hostile towards the protestors. Nobody is forced to support a cause.
@AbaloneDeanGreen7mos7MO
Threw their keys in the bay?! They are serious!
@KindL1ber4lSocialist7mos7MO
Hell yeah! I always wondered why people hadn't ever done that before for a protest. Would really muck things up.
Yes, riots are the voice of the unheard. The issue is the methods and execution by many protesters are misguided
@9H2SDDQ7mos7MO
It doesn't persuade the public and does alienate potential allies.
@LapwingIke7mos7MO
At least 3 bridges in major North American cities shut down this morning by protesters demanding a ceasefire:
-BU Bridge in Boston
-Jacques Cartier Bridge in Montreal
-Bay Bridge in San Francisco/Oakland959042.4K80K
