A viral video from Monday showed Florida police taking immediate action when anti-Israel activists blocked city streets, placing them on their backs on the sidewalk.
WATCH:
In Florida, we drag these people out of the road and arrest them. pic.twitter.com/XU6ZUUf9xX
— Bryan Griffin (@BryanDGriffin) April 15, 2024
Pro-Palestinian protestors attempted to block roads in Florida.
They were promptly dragged to the sidewalk by police officers who enforced order.
Authorities must protect law abiding citizens from having their day disrupted by protesters like these.pic.twitter.com/TogsVjRPJa
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) April 16, 2024
In 2021, Florida passed the “Combatting Violence, Disorder and Looting and Law Enforcement Protection Act,” championed by GOP governor Ron DeSantis, which states that it is a crime to willfully obstruct the public streets.
“Some of the crimes that may occur during a riot and are explicitly listed in the new legislation are: Willfully obstructing the free, convenient, and normal use of a public street, highway, or road by impeding, hindering, stifling, retarding, or restraining traffic or passage by standing on or remaining in the street, highway, or road, endangering the safe movement of vehicles or pedestrians,” WFLA reported in 2021.
The act states that it is a “3rd degree felony to obstruct traffic during an unpermitted protest, demonstration or violent or disorderly assembly; driver is NOT liable for injury or death caused if fleeing for safety from a mob.”
“In Florida, we are taking an unapologetic stand for the rule of law and public safety. We are holding those who incite violence in our communities accountable, supporting our law enforcement officers who risk their lives every day to keep us safe and protecting Floridians from the chaos of mob violence. We’re also putting an end to the bullying and intimidation tactics of the radical left by criminalizing doxing and requiring restitution for damaging memorials and monuments by rioters,” DeSantis stated in 2021.
In contrast to Florida, on Monday anti-Israel activists blocked the Golden Gate Bridge and parts of Interstate 880 in Oakland, California; all southbound lanes of Highway 101 were blocked at 7:30 a.m. The California Highway Patrol closed off the northbound lanes and stopped pedestrian and bicycle traffic across the bridge. The lanes didn’t open for almost five hours.
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In lower Manhattan on Monday, anti-Israel activists stormed the Brooklyn Bridge, bringing traffic to a halt. Anti-Israel activists also blocked a road to arrivals and departures at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Washington.