The progressive ‘civil rights’ movement.
Via WISTV
Four women who were arrested following a protest that disrupted traffic on the Arthur Ravenel Bridge Wednesday afternoon were released on bond later that night, jail records state.
Mt. Pleasant police officials said the women were arrested following an incident on the bridge around 5 p.m., and were charged with disorderly conduct.
According to the Charleston County Detention Center, 24-year-old Jillian Brandl, 25-year-old Chantelle Lebeau, 22-year-old Jasmin Hillary Wilson and 21-year-old Ansley Katelyn Pope bonded out around 11:30 p.m. Each of the protesters had to pay $265.50, police say.
As the four were being led into the Charleston County Detention Center, Lebeau said, “Police can’t police themselves…need conversations with community leaders.”
A candlelight vigil was held outside the center Wednesday night for the protesters.
Southerners on New Ground (SONG), a social justice group, said some of its members are responsible for interrupting traffic on the Bridge during rush hour.
A release sent to local media Wednesday afternoon stated that members of SONG and #BlackBrunchCHS activists were blocking the Cooper River Bridge to protest police brutality.
Protesters drove four cars to the top of the bridge and attempted to get into a line to block all four lanes, according to group spokesperson Princess Hollis. Passengers got out and drivers stayed put for about two minutes, until police gave them a first warning, Hollis said. At that point, drivers left, she said.
The statement from the group read, in part:
“We are a multiracial group of queer, transgender and allied peoples using our bodies and collective voice to demand an end to the violence against Black people by police, the murder of Black people by police, and the constant surveillance, economic deprivation, and fear put upon Black people who live in Charleston by police and by the city of Charleston and many power holders who live here.”
The statement quoted one of its members, identified only as “Pope,” who said, “I’m tired of navigating through life in fear. Why does my blackness put me at higher risk of criminalization, violence, policing and terror?”