Bay Bridge reopening after protesters chain themselves, shut down span

Bay Bridge reopening after protesters chain themselves, shut down span - SFGate
Highway police reopened three westbound lanes of the Bay Bridge that were blocked by protesters who brought traffic to a standstill Monday afternoon by chaining their vehicles across the five lanes of the busy span.
The protesters apparently drove onto the bridge in five cars around 4 p.m., stopping their cars near the new eastern span tower — one in each of the five lanes.
Protesters stepped out and strung chain through each of the cars and across the lanes, forcing traffic to a halt well into the MacArthur Maze in the East Bay.
About 30 minutes after the bridge was blocked, police began arresting the protesters, who were placed in zip-tie handcuffs and moved to the shoulder of the highway so that three lanes could be reopened.
About a dozen or more protesters were detained.
The protest group, an offshoot of the Black Lives Matter movement is “a black queer liberation collective” that calls themselves Black.Seed, Mia Birdsong, a spokeswoman for the group said.
“This action in particular was really about taking a strong, courageous stand in solidarity with MLK,” Birdsong said.