San Diegans Protest Ferguson Decision, Briefly Block Interstate 5 North

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Source: KPBS

UPDATE: 7:15 a.m., Nov. 26, 2014

Protesters briefly blocked Interstate 5 North near Nobel Drive in San Diego during the morning commute Wednesday before being escorted off the freeway by police.

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UPDATE: 6 a.m., Nov. 26, 2014

Hundreds of protesters in San Diego took to the streets Tuesday night, demonstrating in response to a Missouri grand jury's decision not to charge a white police officer for the shooting death of an unarmed 18-year-old black man.

There were two evening protests, one in City Heights and the second in downtown San Diego. The City Heights protesters began marching from the City Heights/Weingart Library and Performance Annex in the 3700 block of Fairmount Avenue and briefly made their way onto the northbound lanes of state Route 15 at University Avenue, where they blocked freeway traffic.

The California Highway Patrol closed the freeway at that location about 8:15 p.m. because of the demonstration. About half an hour later, the CHP said the lanes were open but the on- and off-ramps remained closed.

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Read more: http://www.kpbs.org/news/2014/nov/25/two-demonstrations-planned-san-diego-following-mis/

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1. Protest Halts Traffic on NB I-5 in La Jolla

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Protest-Traffic-Interstate-5-La-Jolla-Nobel--283963831.html

Protest Halts Traffic on NB I-5 in La Jolla

California Highway Patrol officers arrived approximately 15 minutes after the protest began and intervened between the group and the drivers who were delayed

By R. Stickney

A line of protesters holding signs halted traffic on northbound I-5 in La Jolla.

One woman who said she represented the group told NBC 7 the protest was connected to the recent grand jury decision in Ferguson, Missouri.

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Thousands of cars were stuck in gridlock reaching several miles south to downtown San Diego.

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California Highway Patrol officers arrived approximately 15 minutes after the protest began and intervened between the group and the drivers who were delayed.

After several minutes, the line of protesters walked to the side of the highway and were escorted to the highway off ramp.

By 7:22 a.m. traffic was flowing again northbound.

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2. Protesters shut down north I-5 in La Jolla

http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/nov/26/protest-shuts-down-5-freeway-La-Jolla/

Protesters shut down north I-5 in La Jolla

Demonstrators had twice blocked a freeway in City Heights Tuesday night

By Karen Kucher7:13 a.m.Nov. 26, 2014Updated7:28 a.m.

LA JOLLA — A group of demonstrators briefly shut down the northbound lanes of Interstate 5 near Nobel Drive in La Jolla Wednesday morning.

The California Highway Patrol got the first call about the protest around 6:49 a.m., said California Highway Patrol Officer Tommy Doerr. Dozens of people could be seen on the freeway. At 7:18 a.m., CHP officers began to clear the group off the freeway and the lanes were reopened a few minutes later.

Several dozen people, some carrying signs saying "Hands up, don't shoot," were protesting in response to a grand jury decision not to indict a police officer in the fatal shooting of Missouri teenager Michael Brown.

Similar protests shut down a freeway in City Heights Tuesday night.

CHP officers said no traffic was able to get through during the demonstration, which caused a major backup on the freeway.

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3. Channel 5 was covering it live

by helicopter, and then on the ground as the protestors marched into La Jolla.
But I can't find a news article link on their website.
They stream their news broadcast live and will have some updates: http://www.fox5sandiego.com

http://fox5sandiego.com/on-air/live-streaming/

They're also on livestream as kswb

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5. They're interviewing some of the protestors. nt

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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.”

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4. earlier thread in GD

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025873940