Pro-Palestinian protesters were at it again this morning in Manhattan, blocking three bridges and one tunnel connecting the island to the rest of New York City and New Jersey.
Hundreds of arrests were made after pro-Palestinian protesters blocked traffic on the Brooklyn, Manhattan and Williamsburg bridges as well as the Holland Tunnel on Monday morning…
Around 9:30 a.m. Monday, the protesters blocked New Jersey-bound lanes of the Holland Tunnel.
Port Authority police responded and arrested 120 protesters before the tunnel reopened to traffic just after 10:30 a.m.
Here’s what that looked like (top clip) plus video of the arrests that followed as they chanted that the NYPD were the same as the KKK (bottom clip).
There are groups of activists blocking all four outbound paths to the Holland Tunnel. At the main entrance to the tunnel, protesters are now being arrested. A cop just said, to another, “Just get them one by one.” Now the activists are chanting “Let Gaza live!” pic.twitter.com/QiAKgNX9aK
— @TheIndypendent (@TheIndypendent) January 8, 2024
Of course they were chanting “From the river to the sea.”
🚨 BREAKING 🚨 Palestine protestors take over the Brooklyn Bridge, Manhattan Bridge, Williamsburg Bridge, and Holland Tunnel to demand an end to the ongoing American-funded, American-led genocide of the Palestinian people in #Gaza pic.twitter.com/StNZwDkaSV
— Palestinian Youth Movement (@palyouthmvmt) January 8, 2024
Another video:
#BREAKING Holland Tunnel exit is being BLOCKED in Manhattan by Pro-Palestine protesters as part of a larger action to disrupt NYC rush hour. pic.twitter.com/z6A8Cyiw2S
— Oliya Scootercaster 🛴 (@ScooterCasterNY) January 8, 2024
As always, the protesters are making friends among the commuters.
“This is New York, not Palestine, not Gaza!”
A driver was impacted by far-left protesters who shut down an entrance to Holland Tunnel in Manhattan. Across the US, leftists have escalated their protests to target infrastructure, roads and highways.pic.twitter.com/6Gb40luUwY
— Andy Ngô 🏳️🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) January 8, 2024
The scene was similar at the Brooklyn Bridge:
#HAPPENINGNOW A man tries to attack protesters who are Blocking the Brooklyn Bridge in Manhattan.
They appear to have attached themselves to cement tires in the roadway.
Video by Olga Fe (FreedomNewsTV) pic.twitter.com/YVKO2v52Bp
— Oliya Scootercaster 🛴 (@ScooterCasterNY) January 8, 2024
At least one driver got past the blockade after shoving some of the protesters out of the way.
A dad gets out of his car and confronts cease fire protesters who were blocking traffic to the Brooklyn Bridge.
“I have a daughter in Brooklyn!“ pic.twitter.com/wAyuVLQzsj
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) January 8, 2024
As you can see in this video, protesters locked themselves together inside car wheels filled with cement.
Cops start what will likely be a tedious process of unlinking and arresting the protestors on the Brooklyn Bridge pic.twitter.com/8XyWFU4bzV
— Liam Quigley (@_elkue) January 8, 2024
Police eventually cut through these and made arrests.
NOW: Police are sawing off protesters chains and mass arresting on Brooklyn Bridge. pic.twitter.com/BfIktzsK3q
— BreakThrough News (@BTnewsroom) January 8, 2024
From the Williamsburg Bridge protest.
#NOW Williamsburg Bridge also blocked by protesters in Manhattan. One of four differentl locations currently blocked by protesters.
One traveler kneels in front of the protesters reportedly after pleading with them to leave the bridge.
Video by Ed Quinn (FreedomNewsTV) pic.twitter.com/4HRPO0eddf
— Oliya Scootercaster 🛴 (@ScooterCasterNY) January 8, 2024
In addition to blocking the bridges, another group of protesters stood in front of the entrance to the NY Stock Exchange.
HAPPENING NOW: Pro-Palestine protesters block entrance to the New York Stock Exchange. pic.twitter.com/Ybs04iGhaQ
— BreakThrough News (@BTnewsroom) January 8, 2024
This list of groups involved is exactly what you’d expect.
Mon Mohapatra, 30, one of the demonstrators at the Brooklyn Bridge, said the organizers on Monday represented various groups, including the Palestinian Youth Movement, Al-Awda: The Palestinian Right to Return Coalition, Democratic Socialists of America, Jewish Voice for Peace and others.
She said the protests were meant to draw a parallel to the situation in Gaza, where residents have been killed even after following orders to evacuate.
In total, 325 people were arrested. They are all facing misdemeanor charges. Now we just have to wait and see if the city with prosecute or give them a pass.