WASHINGTON (AP) — At least seven protesters are climbing a crane at a downtown Washington construction site that’s just a few blocks from the White House.
Metropolitan Police Department spokeswoman Aquita Brown says police responded to the area of 15th and L streets in northwest Wednesday morning for a disorderly person. Brown says protesters, possibly seven people, are at the site, climbing a crane and refusing to allow workers to work in the area.
Six people can be seen on the horizontal arm of the crane with ropes connecting them. Some of the people on the crane have objects hanging from ropes attached to them.
Police say 15th Street is closed between L and M streets.
Watch below via Twitter:
A group of 6+ people have taken over a construction crane at the old @washingtonpost demo site. 15&L blocked. @fox5dc pic.twitter.com/UKjyFCqFN8
— Melanie Alnwick (@fox5melanie) January 25, 2017
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And?
This time last year, a man refused to get out of a tree. Another time, a man scaled a building, if i remember correctly, a UN building before he dove into the Hudson River.
I guess this is endlessly entertaining, for some. Or, entertaining enough to distract yourself while the our country’s democracy is destroyed.
I’ll look forward to another variation of this kind of stunt next year, if I survive. I don’t mean to spoil everyone’s fun, but I’d rather have a functioning democracy and future then to allow myself to be distracted by shit like this.