Nine 'Black Lives Matter' Protesters Block Highway 101 at SFO

By Bay City News Service:

A group of Black Lives Matter protesters were arrested after shutting down an exit ramp for southbound U.S. Highway 101 to San Francisco International Airport Wednesday afternoon, a California Highway Patrol sergeant said.

CHP Sgt. Mike Wright said nine women blocked the off-ramp to the airport at about 12:15 p.m. and were quickly arrested.

The protesters posted photos of the action on Twitter, showing them linked hand-in-hand across the highway with a Christmas tree and a banner that said, “Justice for Mario Woods,” the man killed by San Francisco police officers in the city’s Bayview District earlier this month.

About 10 minutes later, another photo was posted of protesters in the back of a police car, followed by requests for support at jail.

At about the same time, California Highway Patrol Capt. Christopher Sherry wrote on Twitter, “CHP has moved all protestors off of the freeway. Travelers will make it to the airport on-time!”

Wright said the protesters were taken to San Mateo County Jail on suspicion of public nuisance, obstructing the freeway, unlawful assembly on a freeway and false imprisonment for imprisoning stuck drivers in their cars.