Pro-Palestinian protests at Los Angeles and New York airports today led to traffic delays on one of the busiest days of the year, resulting in a total of more than 50 arrests between the two locations.
In Los Angeles, authorities declared an illegal assembly Wednesday morning when a group of protesters blocked traffic outside the entrance to the Los Angeles airport. Traffic is backed up on Century Boulevard.
Police arrived at LAX around 9:30 a.m. as protesters tried to block the street with objects. An estimated 35 protesters were arrested. Some protesters were cited for disorderly conduct and released, while others were arrested for assaulting a peace officer, officials said.
No flights were disrupted by the protest, although several passengers abandoned their journeys to walk to their terminals.
A similar protest took place at JFK in New York on Wednesday morning.
Around 11 a.m., Port Authority police officers arrested 26 protesters who were blocking traffic on the Van Wyck Expressway near the Terminal 4 exit.
The protesters were arrested for disorderly conduct and obstructing vehicular traffic.
Travelers to JFK also skipped rides and walked to the terminal with their luggage.
Source: Deadline
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