Pro-Palestinian Demonstrators Arrested at Seattle Airport

Some 46 pro-Palestinian protesters were reported to have been arrested on Monday, April 15, after they blocked access to the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Washington.

The protesters blocked the expressway leading to the airport, the Washington State Department of Transportation said.

Footage captured by X user @RynMcCabe shows a line of handcuffed protesters seated on the curb, flanked by police, on the airport’s perimeter.

The airport said on Monday evening that the demonstration had been cleared and that the expressway was being reopened. Credit: Ryn McCabe via Storyful

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