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I can find some examples of protestors blocking main roads and getting arrested the same day (https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2011/10/occupy-wall-street-
by joshuamorton 5y ago
I can find some examples of protestors blocking main roads and getting arrested the same day (https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2011/10/occupy-wall-street-more-than-700-arrested-after-protesters-block-traffic-on-brooklyn-bridge-during-rush-hour https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2011/10/occupy-wall-s... among others), but no news or reporting on continuous multi-day blockages (probably because, as far as I can tell, there are tons of examples of them being swiftly arrested, same with BLM).
But not, like literally making roads impassable at all hours for days (https://www.dw.com/en/canada-court-orders-protesting-truckers-to-stop-honking/a-60693576 https://www.dw.com/en/canada-court-orders-protesting-trucker...).
(and there's something to be said for "the police shouldn't be able to put down a large scale protest of involving thousands of people and vehicles. Perhaps if the police force is powerful enough to do that, it's too strong?)
- pyuser583 5y agoSo with BLM there were blockages of one main road, then another, then another. Not continuous. At “protest time” which is when people were getting off work. Lasted for a few days at most, not like in Canada. Occupy protestors took a nearby park. Tried to stay out of the way otherwise. It’s complicated whether they were responsible for blockage. Initially it was police who were in the way. After a while the police left but the activists stayed. The park and area around in became uninhabitable and unnavigable. Garbage in streets. Very different protests. And very different from what’s happening in Canada.