Seven protesters who blocked traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge in a 2024 pro-Palestinian protest against Israel’s actions in Gaza were convicted of misdemeanor charges by a San Francisco jury.
Conviction Details
The jury convicted each of the seven protesters on six misdemeanor counts, including false imprisonment, obstruction of thoroughfare, and unlawful assembly, according to San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins.
The protesters will be sentenced in August and face up to five years in a county jail. The jury could not reach a verdict on the more serious charge of felony conspiracy.
Defense attorneys argued that the protesters were acting out of a moral responsibility to oppose the devastation from Israel’s war in Gaza and Washington’s support for its ally.
Israel describes its actions as self-defense following an October 2023 Hamas-led attack that killed 1,200 people and in which over 250 were taken hostage.
Original reporting: Appleton, WI News Feed (HLL/CB) — read the source article.
