San Diegans Protest Ferguson Decision, Briefly Block Interstate 5 North

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6. Protesters block I-5 during rush hour

http://fox5sandiego.com/2014/11/26/protesters-block-i-5-during-rush-hour/

Protesters block I-5 during rush hour

Posted 7:54 AM, November 26, 2014, by Phoebe Aoe,
Updated at 08:56am, November 26, 2014

SAN DIEGO — Dozens of UCSD students brought traffic to a halt on northbound Interstate 5 Wednesday morning to protest the decision of a grand jury in Ferguson, Mo., not to indict a white policeman for killing an unarmed black teenager.

A crowd of an estimated 50 to 70 protesters marched onto the freeway at Nobel Drive at about 6:49 a.m., blocking the northbound lanes. They remained in the roadway for about 40 minutes until San Diego police arrived and removed them.

The protesters left the freeway peacefully and began marching on surface streets. There were no immediate reports of arrests.

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Many of the protesters were students at UCSD. They said that they decided to block the freeway to make people pay attention to what they see as a pattern of institutional violence against black people in the U.S.

“What led to this demonstration is the fact that every 28 hour a black person is killed by a police officer, a security guard or a vigilante, and it’s very unlawful,” UCSD student Brilon Cooper said. “Most often these black people who are murdered are unarmed and their killers go free.”