While there were ultimately only 11 people arrested for actually sitting in the middle of the intersection of Westwood and Wilshire Boulevards, they clearly had an outsized impact, as police were forced to re-route all traffic, which resulted in a honking, cursing pedestrian fury beyond even what I thought traffic-wary Angelenos were capable of.
I guess it makes sense, though. Imagine fighting through your typically miserable 405 commute and finally making it to the Wilshire exit, just to find that student protests meant you were going to spend an extra 90 minutes in your car. I'm not at all saying that the students aren't justified in protesting what amounts to absolutely insane increases in their tuition while having their services cut at the same time; I'm just saying it
looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.
While there were ultimately only 11 people arrested for actually sitting in the middle of the intersection of Westwood and Wilshire Boulevards, they clearly had an outsized impact, as police were forced to re-route all traffic, which resulted in a honking, cursing pedestrian fury beyond even what I thought traffic-wary Angelenos were capable of.
I guess it makes sense, though. Imagine fighting through your typically miserable 405 commute and finally making it to the Wilshire exit, just to find that student protests meant you were going to spend an extra 90 minutes in your car. I'm not at all saying that the students aren't justified in protesting what amounts to absolutely insane increases in their tuition while having their services cut at the same time; I'm just saying it looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.
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