This Ain't Funny

Immigration Protestors March On Downtown Los Angeles Freeway

(Los Angeles, CA) -- Hundreds of people who were protesting immigration reform legislation have have been removed from a freeway in downtown Los Angeles. The California Highway Patrol says that around one o'clock this afternoon they began receiving reports of people marching northbound on the Harbor (110) Freeway in downtown L.A. When officers arrived, they found people walking in lanes and blocking traffic. Officers basically made sure that no one got hurt as the march progressed. The protestors then transitioned to the north bound Hollywood (101) Freeway with officers right behind them. They were eventually able to get the protestors to exit the freeway at Glendale Boulevard, where they continued their march on surface streets. Authorities say that no arrests have been made.

(taken in its entirety from cbs2.com)

These kids should have been cited and processed by the justice system. Everyone who walked onto the 110 Freeway needs to be held accountable. This isn't just some little protest, this is seriously endangering the safety of other folks. Protest all you want, shutdown downtown surface streets during a weekend when traffic is light anyway (but get the proper permits first, the first amendment condones mass gatherings, but not unlawful assembly), but walking onto a moving freeway is utterly and dangerously stupid and shouldn't be condoned, encouraged, or go on without consequence.

Every one of them should be wearing orange vests and picking up trash along the side of freeways across L.A. for at least the next 6 months.

Not taking action against these students sets a dangerous precedent, the next time some group decides to do something like this, people will get hurt.

Video of these idiots can be found here, can't direct link, but it's in the news video listed as 3/27 - Protesting Students Shut Down 101 FWY (MS IE6 only, those bastards!)

I smell the foul hand of some MEChA folk behind these insane actions.