Hundreds of demonstrators took to a portion of Interstate 676, blocking traffic, according to officials.
People holding Palestine flags during the march with the All Out for Gaza protest in Philadelphia on March 9. Almost 70 demonstrators were arrested in a #ShutItDown4Palestine local rally Saturday, where hundreds of demonstrators took to a portion of Interstate 676, blocking traffic, police said.Chanting things like “apartheid has got to go,” and hoisting Palestinian flags in the air, about 300 people peacefully flowed through Center City Saturday, just before 4 p.m.
Around 6:45 p.m. the city’s Office of Emergency Management sent a text announcing “rolling road closures,” “traffic detours” and delays, citing a “public demonstration.” By Sunday morning, a state police report confirmed that 67 demonstrators — ranging in age from 17 to 62 — had been arrested for “disorderly conduct.” While most of the arrested participants reside in Philadelphia, some came from other parts of the state and New Jersey. Two were also from Maryland and one from Brooklyn, N.Y.
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