25 arrested following rush hour protest on Bay Bridge

published 19 January 2016

Traffic on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge was brought to a standstill Monday afternoon after protesters chained their cars together across the westbound lanes of the bridge.

Five cars were involved in the protest, with some displaying signs stating "Black Health Matters" and "Decriminalize Black," the Los Angeles Times reports. A California Highway Patrol officer said that 25 people were booked on misdemeanor counts of unlawful assembly, impeding free passage, and committing a public nuisance, and another officer said about 30 people participated in the demonstration. The lanes were clear by 5:30 p.m., authorities said. The Anti-Police Terror Project said in a statement the protest was organized by Black.Seed, a "black, queer liberation collective."

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.