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Pro-Palestinian protesters block traffic at three NYC bridges, Holland Tunnel

2024-01-08

[NY Post] Making no friends and influencing nobody
Dozens

...golly...

of anti-Israel protesters swarmed three bridges and the Holland Tunnel in Lower Manhattan on Monday morning,

...fortunately after rush hour, which is why there were no murders...

creating chaos as they blocked traffic and prompting more than 130 arrests.

The shouting demonstrators from the “Shut it Down for Palestine”

...one of a number of red-green joint projects of the Black Bloc/Antifa left (they’re the red part) and the political wings of expansionist Islam (the green part) financed by a variety of Progressive billionaires and their “charitable” foundations...

rally marched through City Hall Park before groups of them descended on the bridges and tunnel, police said.

“You’re disrupting traffic, idiots!” a man in a maroon Honda shouted at the ralliers at one point as they blocked his car at an intersection.

“You can’t do that! It’s against the law,” he yelled at them — as another man filming the confrontation with his phone shouted, “Hit ’em all! Run ’em over!”

The driver then got out of his vehicle and shoved three of the protesters, warning them to stay away from his car as he screamed, “I have a daughter in Brooklyn! … I have to get home!”

The protesters eventually backed off.

The mayhem occurred after 10 a.m., when at least 40 demonstrators were on the Brooklyn Bridge, 12 on the Manhattan Bridge, 75 on the Williamsburg Bridge and dozens more within the Holland Tunnel, the NYPD said.

Video posted on X shows a group standing in front of the entrance to the tunnel holding signs demanding, “Lift the Siege of Gaza, Ceasefire Now,” as well as “End the Occupation, Free All Palestinian Prisoners, USA Stop Arming Israel.”

130 arrests

...that’s more than mere dozens...

were made at the Holland Tunnel by Port Authority Police and more at the bases of the Brooklyn Bridge and the Manhattan Bridge, according to law enforcement sources.

Suspects were handcuffed behind their backs with zip ties and corralled en masse onto an MTA bus near the mouth of the Brooklyn Bridge in Manhattan, photos show.

The bridge was reopened to traffic at around 10:45 a.m. and there were no signs of protesters around the entrance to the span or City Hall by 11 a.m.

Less than an hour? The enthusiasm is dying down. Now to see if the Manhattan DA will actually prosecute.
The article was updated to add more local colour and the following useful information:

The groups behind the protest included the New York chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America,

(Commies)

Jewish Voice for Peace
(Soros Foundations) and the Palestinian Youth Movement,

...one of a number of virulently anti-Israel protest groups sponsored by the Westchester People’s Action Coalition, they do intersectional stuff when not overtly acting against Israel)

Reuters reported.

Posted by:Frank G

#4 Moment furious father gets out of his car and confronts pro-Palestine protesters blockading Williamsburg Bridge and tells them he needs to 'get to his daughter' - as NYPD arrest 325 for causing havoc across the Big Apple

Posted by: Skidmark 2024-01-08 18:36

#3 shoot them in the legs. rock-salt. they will stop.

Posted by: irish rage boy 2024-01-08 15:40

#2 Coordinated transit impact survey and response timing exercise.

Anti-Israeli protesters cut off Manhattan as they block off Brooklyn Bridge, Manhattan Bridge, Williamsburg Bridge and Holland Tunnel by sitting across middle of road in human chains chanting 'free Gaza'

Posted by: Skidmark 2024-01-08 13:36

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