- Over 30 ceasefire backers were arrested after they blocked a Philly highway on Thursday
- A group of about 150 people first took to the bridge over I-76 and hung posters before more got out of their cars down below and blocked the expressway
- Similar demonstrations took place in Washington, D.C., on Thursday and in Los Angeles on Wednesday
At least two dozen pro-Palestine protesters were detained and zip-tied as they blocked Philadelphia's I-76 Thursday evening.
The protesters called for a ceasefire in Gaza as they lined up and blocked traffic on the westbound lanes of the Schuylkill Expressway in Center City near the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Police reported a group of about 150 people with Jewish Voice for Peace started to gather on the Spring Garden Street Bridge around 3.30pm as they hung banners that said 'Let Gaza Live' and 'Ceasefire Now.'
Protestors below the bridge then hopped out of cars and shut down lanes on I-76 as Pennsylvania State Police and Philadelphia police approached the group.
Interim Police Commissioner John Stanford said that 32 people were arrested and will be cited. |