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Here’s Why It Took 5 Hours to Clear Pro-Palestinian Protesters on the Golden Gate Bridge

CHP officers explained that demonstrators connected themselves with chains and rebar to slow efforts to remove them,
Here’s Why It Took 5 Hours to Clear Pro-Palestinian Protesters on the Golden Gate Bridge
Protesters who closed the Golden Gate Bridge on April 15, 2024, used pipes, cement, steel drums, and chains to connect themselves, which slowed law enforcement’s ability to remove them. California Highway Patrol
Jill McLaughlin
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California Highway Patrol took to social media April 16 to explain why it took so long to arrest and clear pro-Palestinian protesters from San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge and Interstate 880 the day before.

The protest at the two locations resulted in 38 arrests and a five-hour closure of the iconic bridge starting before 8 a.m., and the popular highway in Oakland starting before 6:15 a.m. The closures snarled traffic throughout the Bay Area as commuters were rerouted.

Jill McLaughlin
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Jill McLaughlin is an award-winning journalist covering politics, environment, and statewide issues. She has been a reporter and editor for newspapers in Oregon, Nevada, and New Mexico. Jill was born in Yosemite National Park and enjoys the majestic outdoors, traveling, golfing, and hiking.