Overview

• Pro-Palestinian protesters, organized by a progressive Jewish activist group called IfNotNow, blocked the southbound 110 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles for over an hour on Wednesday morning, causing a major traffic jam.
• The protesters were calling for a cease-fire in the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, which began with a deadly attack by Hamas on Israel on October 7.
• The protest led to tense physical confrontations with some commuters, who attempted to remove the protesters from the road.
• California Highway Patrol officers detained 75 protesters for failure to comply with a dispersal order.
• The freeway was fully reopened by around 11:30 a.m.