Armenians shut down Los Angeles freeway

[Demovictory9]

[LeftInTX]

1. Hey!!!!!!!!! Armenians getting activist!!

I should check my email. Maybe there is something planned for around here!

[werdna]

2. Actor Mike Connors (nee Krekor Ohanian, Jr.) would be so proud . . .

. . . and probably be front and center!

[leftyladyfrommo]

3. Really? How interesting. nt

[Liberal In Texas]

4. Shutting down a freeway in LA isn't exactly a way to endear cause to

Angelinos.

[dalton99a]

6. +1. Nobody cares about Artsakh or Nagorno-Karabakh

or knows where it is

And they're blaming Joe Biden - WTF

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Dozens of protesters blocked one side of the 101 Freeway near downtown Los Angeles Tuesday night to call attention to the crisis between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

The group blocked off the southbound side of the freeway. Protesters then gathered on freeway lanes and unfurled signs, including a large banner that read, "Joe Biden, don't ignore us." The freeway reopened just before 11:30 p.m.

Azerbaijan's launch of reportedly intense artillery firing in the Nagorno-Karabakh region on Tuesday raised fears that another full-scale conflict with Armenia could be underway, less than three years after a war that killed more than 6,000 people.

A similar demonstration occurred in August in which several hundred protesters blocked one side of the 134 Freeway in Glendale to call attention to the crisis in Artsakh.

[Demovictory9]

8. "Dont ignore us" isnt the same as blame. Probably they would put that on any prezt

[LeftInTX]

9. Yes, they are blaming Biden

I've been getting alerts.
However, the Armenian Congressional Caucus is bi-partisan. At this time, it is mostly Democratic.

https://anca.org/armenian-caucus/


Anyone can send Armenian Action Alerts. They make it REAL easy

https://marchtojustice.org/action-alerts


Maybe Biden has security reasons. Presidents have been reluctant to intervene in the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict.
However, it doesn't hurt to contact him.

[LeftInTX]

10. In this case, it's about getting national attention -even if it's negative

No one knows who Armenians are etc.
It's really not about Los Angeles.
LA is where all the Armenians live. So, they are getting national attention.

With Armenians, all attention is good attention.

[dalton99a]

5. Obnoxious assholes. Do it somewhere else.

[SYFROYH]

7. Apparently this protest was to bring attention to the current Armenia-Azerbaijan war

https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/19/asia/armenia-azerbaijan-nagorno-karabakh-bombardment-intl/index.html

While this protest did make me look it up, I can't see this helping their cause in any substantive way.

I wish highway shutdowns like this were arrestable offenses with significant financial penalties and loss of driver's licenses. People lose jobs for being late, kids get left waiting for parents to pick them up, ambulances/fire trucks get delayed, etc.