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Operation Gridlock Protest Brings Around 60 Drivers to Downtown L.A.

Attendance peaked at about 60 cars, carrying about 90 people. Drivers were outnumbered by a large contingent of LAPD officers, and by press camerapersons and photographers.
Operation Gridlock Protest Brings Around 60 Drivers to Downtown L.A.

A few dozen right wing “Operation Gridlock” protestors descended on Downtown Los Angeles around 11 a.m. today, honking, waving American flags, and screaming, “Give me liberty or give me death” into the void as they circled the otherwise empty streets around city hall.

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Most Angelenos are abiding by needed public health rules, avoiding unnecessary travel, and doing their part to flatten the infection curve.

Operation Gridlock on Broadway in downtown L.A.
Operation Gridlock on Broadway in downtown L.A.
Operation Gridlock driver circling L.A. City Hall
Operation Gridlock driver circling L.A. City Hall

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