Posted on 06/22/2018 4:12:18 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
FOREST HILLS (KDKA) — Hundreds of protesters blocked traffic on the Parkway East, creating a major traffic jam late Thursday night into early Friday morning, as they held another rally in response to the police-involved shooting of 17-year-old Antwon Rose Jr. by East Pittsburgh police officer Michael Rosfeld.
The protesters marched from the East Pittsburgh Police Station, down Route 30 in Forest Hills to the Parkway East where they blocked traffic in both directions, backing up traffic for miles for hours.
Around 1 a.m. Friday, police told the protesters still on the scene to leave or be arrested. Around 1:30 a.m., officers began arriving in riot gear to try to break up the lengthy protest. Just after 2 a.m., officers began moving in on the few protesters that were left, some on the street, others who had moved off behind a guardrail. At least one woman was taken into custody.
The tractor trailers stuck in a long line on the inbound side of the highway began pulling away around 2:30 a.m.
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I got caught up in one of these highway protests in Charlotte a few years ago. They are very dangerous and there must be serious consequences. Put the offenders on a no govt assistance watch list or no fly list.
Such road shutdowns should be declared an imminent threat to lives of innocent people and deadly force should be authorized for police and private citizens to end such a threat to innocent lives.
Will we get a fresh batch of videos of protestors getting mowed down by cars?
Tonight they will protest the black on black slaughter in Pittsburg and every other American city.......right?
Antwon? His brother Antlost?
Why, oh why do they continually protest the loss of another criminal?
I would be completely OK if the lead vehicles simply stepped on the gas. Dumb enough to protest on a highway you should be removed from the gene pool.
Don’t these people have jobs? I thought black unemployment was down, way down...
Actually, it’s pretty considerate of the protesters to be shutting down the road at 1:OOam rather than at rush hour...
There is a core of losers who milk the system and will never have a real job. These losers will always be losers no matter what opportunities they have to escape.
Why didn’t the cop run after him and tackle him instead of shooting him?
“Why didn’t the cop run after him and tackle him instead of shooting him?”
They are sprinters.
“Protesters Shut Down Parkway East ...”
They can shut down all the major democrat cities for all I care.
“Will we get a fresh batch of videos of protestors getting mowed down by cars?”
Those are my favorite cartoons!
Just in time for summer!
All my media outlets are referring to this mess as ‘ A TRAFFIC STOP” & they are completely ignoring the shooting that preceded it.
I hate the media in the country more each day. THEY are responsible for inciting this riot, IMO.
I could watch that over and over and over and over and over and over...........
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