Traffic & Transit
Protesters Block NYC Side Of Holland Tunnel Overnight
Demonstrators gathered Thursday to protest the police shootings of Daunte Wright in Minnesota and Adam Toledo in Chicago.
JERSEY CITY, NJ — Protesters in New York City blocked traffic on the New York side of the Holland Tunnel to New Jersey on Thursday night.
Demonstrators gathered to protest the police shootings of Daunte Wright in Minnesota and Adam Toledo in Chicago. The demonstrators were part of the Trans Rights and Black Lives Matter movements, according to CBS News. NYPD and Port Authority officers were called to the scene and stayed at the New York side of the tunnel until the protesters dispersed.
No word on any arrests.
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Holding space for Black lives outside Holland Tunnel now. https://t.co/LvPaEUm0bz pic.twitter.com/xRHYSWO4gx
— PROTEST_NYC (@protest_nyc) April 16, 2021
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