Blocking roads is not a legitimate way to protest and is not protected by the First Amendment; not only is impeding traffic inconvenient for citizens, but it may well be dangerous in that it could prevent an emergency vehicle (or a private vehicle carrying a person suffering from a medical emergency) from proceeding or that it may result in an accident due to a driver who may not have expected the road being blocked by idiots.
Senator Tom Cotton (R-AK) agrees and is now on record urging people delayed by pro-Hamas protestors to remove them forcibly.
Sen. Tom Cotton on Tuesday doubled down on comments urging people delayed by traffic stemming from pro-Palestine demonstrations to “forcibly remove” some protesters who are blocking streets.
“Absolutely, I support people, if they’re blocked by traffic, by pro-Hamas vigilantes in the street, they should get out of their cars, they should…
