Gaza Protest Blocks Traffic at Chicago's O'Hare Airport
At least one travelers swore at pro-Palestinian protesters blocking the Kennedy Expressway to Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport on Monday, April 15, footage shows.
Footage recorded by Chicago Dissenters shows travelers dragging their luggage up a grassy bank and walking down the blocked road as protesters chant “Free Palestine.”
Police were on the scene to help clear traffic, after demonstrators blocked several lanes of Interstate 190/Kennedy Expressway leading to O’Hare Airport, traffic monitor Total Traffic reported.
O’Hare warned travelers that vehicular traffic along I-190 to the airport may be “substantially delayed” and urged them to consider alternative routes.
Chicago Dissenters said the purpose of the protests was: “Disrupt Boeing’s operations” and “Demand an end to the US government’s arming of the Israeli regime”. Credit: Chicago Dissenters via Storyful
Video transcript
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[CHATTER]
- Free, free Palestine!
- Free, free Palestine!
- Free, free, free Palestine!
- Free--
[HONKING]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Free, free Palestine.
- Free, free, free Palestine!
- Free, free, free Palestine!
[CHATTER]
Free, free Palestine!
- Free, free Palestine!
- Free, free, free Palestine!
- Free--
[HONKING]
Free, free Palestine!
- Free, free, free Palestine!
- Free, free, free Palestine!
[CHATTER]
Free, free Palestine!
- Free, free Palestine!
- Free, free, free Palestine!
- Free--
[HONKING]