Gaza Protest Blocks Traffic at Chicago's O'Hare Airport

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15 April 2024 at 11:59 am

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, free Palestine!

- Free--

[HONKING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

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!

[CHATTER]

Free, free Palestine!

- Free, free Palestine!

- Free, free, free Palestine!

- Free--

[HONKING]

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