(16 Nov 2023)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
San Francisco - 16 November 2023
1. Wide of protesters on the bridge holding signs, protesters on the ground with white sheets over their bodies
HEADLINE: War Protest Shuts San Francisco Bay Bridge
ANNOTATION: At least 50 protesters calling for a cease-fire in Gaza were detained Thursday after shutting down all lanes of a major bridge into San Francisco.
2. Protesters and parked car on the bridge with a sign reading (English) "Ceasefire Now!"
ANNOTATION: Protesters parked on the bridge and threw their keys into the sea shortly before 8 a.m., disrupting the morning commute, officials said.
3. Protesters on the bridge holding a sign and protesters on the ground with white sheets over their bodies
ANNOTATION: The protest comes as U.S. President Joe Biden and world leaders gathered in the city for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders’ conference.
4. People outside their parked cars on the bridge
5. Protesters on the bridge walking and chanting (English) "I feel that way too, we'll get there together, we'll make our way through."
ANNOTATION: Aisha Nizar with the Palestinian Youth Movement said in a statement that Biden was “hosting cocktail parties in San Francisco," while thousands of people were being killed in Gaza.
6. Protesters being detained on the bridge chanting
7. SOUNDBITE (English) George Tanaka, Eye surgeon in San Francisco and Oakland:
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"I think both Israel and Hamas are doing terrible things. We need a peaceful, long-term solution and I totally support everybody on this bridge. This, you know, I think a ceasefire, immediate withdrawal of all troops, stop killing civilians, totally support that. And I do recognize the legitimacy of this protest and 100%."
8. Various of protesters being detained
STORYLINE:
At least 50 protesters calling for a cease-fire in Gaza were detained and arrested Thursday after shutting down all lanes of a major bridge into San Francisco.
The protest comes as U.S. President Joe Biden, world leaders and CEOs gathered in the city for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders’ conference.
At least 15 vehicles were towed after protesters parked on the bridge and threw their keys into the sea shortly before 8 a.m., disrupting the morning commute, said California Highway Patrol division chief Ezery Beauchamp at a news conference on Bay Bridge. He said more arrests were expected.
Protest organizers say 200 people took part. Photos provided by organizers showed demonstrators on the ground with white sheets over their bodies as part of a “die-in.”
Aisha Nizar with the Palestinian Youth Movement said in the statement that Biden was “hosting cocktail parties in San Francisco” while thousands of people were being killed in Gaza.
Beauchamp said the highway patrol supports free speech rights but not a traffic shutdown that could prevent emergency vehicles from crossing the bridge.
“This is the wrong way to do it,” he said. “This is 100% wrong, it’s unacceptable and it’s illegal.”
AP video shot by Noah Berger
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