THAT’S RIGHT MARIA, YOU CAN SEE THAT THESE PROTESTERS HAVE ACTUALLY SHUT DOWN ALL BUT ONE LANE OF TRAFFIC HERE ON SEAPORT BOULEVARD. WE ARE ON THE BRIDGE, AND I JUST SAW A COUPLE OF THE PROTESTERS GO OVER AND TALK TO SOME OFFICERS OVER THERE. THESE PROTESTERS ARE WITH THE GROUP EXTINCTION REBELLION, AND THEY SAY THEY NEED TO BRING ATTENTION TO THE CLIMATE CRISIS. THEY SAY THAT CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE LIKE THIS IS THEIR ONLY OPTION TO GET PEOPLE’S ATTENTION. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, ABOUT 100 OR SO PEOPLE ARE HERE SINGING, CHANTING AND BRINGING ATTENTION TO THEIR CAUSE. AS I MENTIONED, THEY HAVE SHUT DOWN ALL BUT ONE LANE OF TRAFFIC HERE ON SEAPORT BOULEVARD. THEY STARTED OUT BY CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS PARK, MARCHED DOWN SURFACE ROAD AND PURCHASE STREET, AND THEN CROSSED OVER INTO SEAPORT. RIGHT NOW, IF YOU WANT TO GET INTO SEAPORT, YOU WILL NOT …
Climate change protesters block traffic on 1 side of Boston bridge [Video]
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