Police Struggle Enforcing Law Amid Anti-Israel Road, Bridge Blocks

Demonstrators calling for a cease-fire in Gaza protest outside of the Embassy of Israel in Washington, D.C., on March 2. (AP)
 

By    |   Friday, 19 April 2024 07:57 AM EDT ET

When it comes to holding the throngs of anti-Israel activists — who staged a series of protests disrupting commuters traveling across some of the nation's busiest roads, bridges, and airports — criminally accountable for their actions, law enforcement experts say it can be a "challenge" in navigating free speech rights and a web of local, state, and federal laws.

An activist group that calls itself A15, for April 15, was credited with orchestrating global protests in a coordinated economic blockade that snarled traffic in support of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

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When it comes to holding the throngs of anti-Israel activists criminally accountable for their actions, law enforcement experts say it can be a "challenge" in navigating free speech rights and a web of local, state, and federal laws.
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