Remember the “Summer of Love” in 2020? Feels like the country is about to repeat history with just in time for another election. The latest? Absolute chaos as Pro-Palestinian protestors ( say that three times fast ) block major interstates for hours, creating serious issues in several major U.S. cities. S. cities. Pro Hamas protestors block the roads leading to OHare, forcing people to walk around them with their luggage pictures, and this was Chicago, blocking access to O’Hare Airport for hours. twitter. com/26d75uNhjq — Harrison Krank ( @HarrisonKrank ) April 15, 2024 Police did nothing and passengers left their vehicles ( or Ubers ) and walked for miles to get to the airport: WATCH: Palestine protestors block the entrance to Chicago O’Hare Airport, stopping passengers from getting to their flights, while police stand by and watch pic. twitter. com/7yL5EGwcwt — Overton ( @OvertonLive ) April 15, 2024 Same story in Seattle: Pro-Palestinian protestors block the road to Seattle ’s Sea-Tac airport pic. twitter. com/PmJe4QkpLc — The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial ) April 15, 2024 From local KOMO News: At least eight vehicles appeared to be blocking the road along with a group of people standing in the road. As some passengers attempted to board their flights, some could be seen passing the protest and rolling their bags down the road. “Interestingly enough, this is actually something that we’ve done tabletop exercises and plans for because this kind of thing has happened at other airports recently around the country already, ” said Perry Cooper, a Seattle-Tacoma Internation Airport ( SEA ) spokesperson. We basically created a simulation of this kind of situation where the drives would be blocked. Soon after the protest began, police and a number of tow trucks were on the scene. The tow trucks started removing the vehicles that were obstructing the expressway about an hour after the protest began. The State Department of Transportation confirmed in a post on X that Airport Drive’s State Route 518 off-ramp was completely closed in both directions. According to Flightaware. com, 139 flights had been delayed at SEA Monday night. But, it was unclear how many were instantly impacted by the protest. According to Cooper,” We have instructed us to inform travelers that they should check in with them and their specific flight.” They must decide whether to delay those flights or make additional arrangements with those passengers. The department advised everyone to avoid the area and take alternative routes. At 3:07 p.m., Sea-Tac airport posted on X: “A demonstration has closed the airport expressway leading to SEA Airport.” m. Travelers who travel to the airport were even advised to take the Light Rail and other modes of transportation. At 6:01 p.m., the airport updated X with an update. m. , noting that the demonstration had been finished. Florida handled matters little differently…. Take a look at police in action! Protestors from Palestine made an attempt to obstruct roads in Florida. They were then immediately dragged to the sidewalk by law enforcement officers who imposed order. Authorities must guard against law-abiding citizens from being stifled by protesters like these. pic. twitter. com/TogsVjRPJa — Visegrád 24 ( @visegrad24 ) April 16, 2024 This was so insightful: The most ironic thing about all of the “road block ” protests is that the protestors are taking advantage of the fact that humanity is generally good and loving, and won’t run them over and kill them. Think about that for a minute. pic. twitter. com/0K33le0vTx — Tracy Beanz ( @tracybeanz ) April 15, 2024 So true! Different approach from Testicles, PhD ( errrr “Tess T. Eccles-Brown, PhD ) on Twitter: How to deal with# FreePalestine protestors or any other ingrates that block traffic, a how-to guide! pic. twitter. com/ZpsCtiqttl — Tess T. Eccles-Brown, PhD (@TTEcclesBrown ) April 15, 2024 Curious to know what you support: Do you think Drivers should should be allowed to PLOW protestors who are illegally on the Interstate? Should Drivers Be Able To Plow Protestors Illegally On Interstate, N.B. https ://t. co/5btrZtp5yt — Daily Noah. com ( @Daily NoahNews ) January 13, 2024 We’re taking a poll…. please add your vote: NATIONAL POLL: Should Drivers Be Allowed To Plow Protestors Illegally On The Interstate? [[{“value”:”
Remember the “Summer of Love 2020”?
I feel like we are about to repeat the past with mass chaos taking place in the USA just in time for another presidential election.
What’s the latest?
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators (say that three times fast) have blocked major interstates in major U.S. Cities for hours.
Here is Chicago, which blocked access to O’Hare Airport during hours:
Pro Hamas protestors block the roads leading to OHare, people forced to walk around them with their luggage pic.twitter.com/26d75uNhjq
Harrison Krank April 15, 2024
The police did nothing, and passengers walked miles to reach the airport after leaving their cars (or Ubers).
WATCH: Palestine protestors block the entrance to Chicago O’Hare Airport, stopping passengers from getting to their flights, while police stand by and watch pic.twitter.com/7yL5EGwcwt
Overton (@OvertonLive), April 15, 2024
Seattle is experiencing the same thing:
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators block the road to Seattle Sea-Tac Airport
pic.twitter.com/PmJe4QkpLc
The Post-Millennial (@TPostMillennial), April 15, 2024
Local KOMO News
At least eight vehicles and a group of people stood in the road. Some passengers were seen walking past the protest and rolling their bags along the road in an attempt to catch their flight.
Perry Cooper, a spokesperson for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA), said that this type of situation has occurred at other airports in the past. “We did a simulation where the drives were blocked.”
The police and tow trucks arrived at the scene shortly after protests began. Tow trucks began removing vehicles blocking the expressway about an hour after protests began.
Washington State Department of Transportation confirmed via a post to X that the State Route 518 exit ramp was fully closed in both directions.
Flightaware.com reported that 139 flights were delayed at SEA on Monday night. It was not clear how many flights were directly affected by the protest.
Cooper said, “The airlines have told us to tell travelers that they should check in with the airline and their specific flight.” “It’s up to the airlines whether they delay these flights or make alternative arrangements with travelers,” Cooper said.
The department advised that all travelers should avoid this area and use alternate routes.
Sea-Tac Airport posted on X that a demonstration had closed the airport expressway to SEA Airport at 3:07 p.m. Travelers were also urged not to use the expressway and to take alternate routes, or to use public transit such as Light Rail.
The airport posted a message on X at 6 p.m. to let people know that the demonstration was over.
Florida handled things much differently ….
Watch the police in action!
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators attempted to block roads on Florida.
The police officers immediately dragged them to the sidewalk.
Authorities must protect law abiding citizens from having their day disrupted by protesters like these.pic.twitter.com/TogsVjRPJa
— Visegrad 24 (@visegrad24) April 16, 2024
This is so insightful:
Ironically, the protestors take advantage of the fact the humanity is generally good. They won’t run over and kill the protestors. Just think about that. pic.twitter.com/0K33le0vTx
— Tracy Beanz (@tracybeanz) April 15, 2024
So true!
Different approach from Testicles PhD (errrr”Tess T. Eccles Brown, PhD) on twitter:
How to deal effectively with #FreePalestine or other ungrateful people who block traffic. A how-to guide.
pic.twitter.com/ZpsCtiqttl
— Tess T. Eccles Brown, PhD (@TTEcclesBrown), April 15, 2024
Curious about what you support?
Do you believe that drivers should be allowed PLOW protestors on the Interstate who are illegally there?
NATIONAL POLL – Should Drivers Be Permitted To Plow Illegally Protestors On The Interstate?
https://t.co/5btrZtp5yt
DailyNoah.com – (@DailyNoahNews), January 13, 2024
Please add your vote to our poll ….
NATIONAL POLL – Should Drivers Be Permitted To Plow Illegally Protestors On The Interstate?
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