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Bridge Blockade Trial Tests Free Speech | Oakland News
Seven activists face up to 15 years in prison for locking themselves in cars on the Golden Gate Bridge to protest U.S. support for Israel during the Gaza war — a global day of action that halted traffic for four hours. Prosecutors label it felony conspiracy and false imprisonment, while defenders argue it’s civil disobedience born from a moral imperative to stop genocide. Testimony from commuters and officers clashes with emotional pleas from the defendants, who say they exhausted all other avenues before taking this drastic stand. Critics call the DA’s aggressive stance unjust compared to…
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