My colleague Ward Clark reported on how the anti-Israel crew was causing trouble in New York again, this time by blocking some vital entry ways into New York City: the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges, as well as the Holland Tunnel and the Williamsburg Bridge. If you're familiar with New York you know that there are thousands of people going through those arteries on any normal workday. If they wanted to do something and make people turn away from their "cause," they almost couldn't pick anything that will tick off people more than something like that.
Here you can see they're employing a tactic of the climate activists: using pipes to attach themselves together to make it tougher for the police to separate them and take longer to clear them away. You can see police here using power tools to cut them loose at the Williamsburg Bridge. They began blocking things around 9:40 a.m.
Happening NOW: PRO- Palestinian protesters are blocking the Brooklyn Bridge this morning, calling for a cease-fire. BK-bound cars are at a standstill amid chants of “end the occupation now.” pic.twitter.com/kcVmjTxS4u
— brittany.kriegstein (@BKriegstein) January 8, 2024
You can also see the video on X where they blocked the two bridges and the Holland Tunnel. Police had to use saws to cut them loose. The police made mass arrests as you can see here.
People were furious at these characters as traffic blocked up everywhere. There was one place where a father was trying to get off the Williamsburg Bridge and through the blockade to reach his daughter. He had just had enough.
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He first yelled at a woman in a hi-vis vest who appeared to be organizing the obstruction, as she appeared to be trying to calm him down.
'You're disrupting traffic, idiots. You can't do that, that's against the law,' he shouted, then gave up and got out of the car to confront them directly.
'I'm gonna have to start throwing fists at y'all, I'm not gonna run you over... get away from my car.'
The man shoved three male protesters standing directly in front of his car, pushing one of them a second time when he moved back in place.
People who were standing on the sidelines were yelling to "run them over," that's how much ire these folks are inspiring with this. They finally had the sense to let him through after he wasn't going to be stopped.
They were also blasted by members of the community at the Holland Tunnel.
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It's hard not to sympathize with the father and all the other people there. Who knows what they blocked from with this ridiculous action which does absolutely nothing to get Israel out of Gaza, what ambulances or emergencies that they prevent from getting help? They know that they're not getting a "Free Palestine" out of this, so why do it? It's about chanting for revolution, they want to cause disruption here, in the United States, and disrupt what they consider to be the "settler state." This is an action against the U.S., as much as Israel.
325 were arrested across the city by police.
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