Protesters wore yellow vests as they walked in front of moving vehicles on the highway, according to a video from News2Share’s Ford Fischer, a documentarian who has filmed political activism since 2014.
This was one of several demonstrations from members of the climate advocacy group Declare Emergency, whose protesters often block traffic in the region, resulting in arrests. The group said in a statement this was the fourth time protesters blocked the highway. D.C. police did not immediately confirm that number.
“It is civil disobedience. We need to disrupt business as usual and affect peoples’ lives to wake them up to the atrocity that is coming at us,” Michelle Wehner, a Declare Emergency spokeswoman, said after the demonstration. “We’re not done. … We are going to keep doing actions until the administration declares a climate emergency.”
A Declare Emergency climate activist climbed on the stage at the Kennedy Center on Thursday night during a concert featuring the Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir and the National Symphony Orchestra, unfurling a banner that read “DECLARE EMERGENCY,” according to a video posted by Fischer. The activist got onstage at the beginning of the show, was quickly escorted off the stage and premises but was not arrested, according to the Kennedy Center.
Thirteen climate advocates with Declare Emergency were also sentenced to four days in jail on Sept. 30 after being arrested July Fourth for blocking all lanes and both shoulders of the Beltway’s inner loop at the U.S. 29/Colesville Road exit. They were released Monday, said Mark Goldstone, the attorney for the protesters. The activists ranged in age from 27 to 73 and came from cities as far as Vancouver, Wash., and as close as the District, according to online court records.
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