Pro-Palestinian protesters block traffic in Boston’s Seaport amid Biden visit

STARTS RIGHT NOW. WE ARE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS AT 530 AS A PRESIDENTIAL VISIT BRINGS OUT PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS IN BOSTON. AS WE MENTIONED ABOUT 15 MINUTES AGO, THOSE PROTESTERS ARE ON THE MOVE RIGHT NOW. OUR JOHN ATWATER IS IN BOSTON WITH WHERE THEY ARE AND WHAT’S HAPPENING, JOHN. WELL, BEN, THEY HAVE MOVED FROM SOUTH STATION HERE TO THE SEAPORT. YOU CAN SEE THEM ALL BEHIND US HERE, SEVERAL DOZEN PROTESTERS NOW HERE AT THE INTERSECTION OF CONGRESS AND B STREET IN THE SEAPORT. YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THEM RIGHT HERE. AND THEY CONTINUE TO MARCH AND BLOCK TRAFFIC IN THIS INTERSECTION. YOU SEE THE BARRIERS RIGHT HERE, THE PRESIDENTIAL MOTORCADE, MAYBE ABOUT A HALF HOUR AGO, WENT THIS WAY INTO THE SEAPORT. THE PROTESTERS BEING HELD OUT HERE FOR RIGHT NOW. BUT OBVIOUSLY CAUSING A BIT OF A TRAFFIC IMPACT. CONGRESS STREET, WHICH IS RIGHT IN FRONT OF US. THAT IS CLEAR. BUT THERE ARE SOME OTHER TRAFFIC THAT’S BACKED UP IN THE VIDEO HERE. YOU DO SEE THESE PROTESTERS AS THEY HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH THE CITY TODAY AGAIN FROM SOUTH STATION HERE TO THE SEAPORT, AND THEY ARE TRYING TO SEND A MESSAGE. THE DEFINITION OF GENOCIDE, EVERY SINGLE PART OF THAT DEFINITION IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. AND HE’S FUNDING IT. AND OUR SOLDIERS ARE ON THE GROUND THERE. SO HE’S A LIAR. NOT LETTING HIM FORGET, LIKE WE AREN’T VOTING FOR HIM AND HE’S ABOUT TO LOSE HIS JOB. SO THAT IS THE MESSAGE TO THE PRESIDENT NOW AS HE COMES TO BOSTON FOR THESE FUNDRAISERS. ANOTHER LIVE LOOK OUT HERE IN THE SEAPORT THIS EVENING. AND BEHIND US HERE ON B STREET, YOU CAN SEE A WHOLE LINE OF CARS. AND SINCE SEMIS HERE THAT ARE CAUGHT IN THIS TRAFFIC, THEY’VE BEEN HERE FOR A GOOD 20 MINUTES AND THERE IS SOME FRUSTRATION. YOU HEAR THE HORNS HONKING HERE BECAUSE THESE PROTESTERS ARE BLOCKING THE INTERSECTION AND THEN I’LL JUST DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION OVER THERE. YOU SEE THOSE BIKE COPS WITH THE FLUORESCENT JACKETS? THEY’RE BLOCKING THE ENTRANCE RAMP TO 93 NORTH AND SOUTH. SO THEY’RE MAKING SURE THESE PROTESTERS DO NOT GET ONTO THE HIGHWAY. BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, THEY REMAIN IN THIS INTERSECTION AS THE PRESIDENT IS HERE FOR

Pro-Palestinian protesters block traffic in Boston’s Seaport amid Biden visit

Updated: 5:48 PM EDT May 21, 2024

The protesters moved from South Station to Boston’s Seaport, blocking traffic as President Joe Biden was making several fundraising stops in the city.

The protesters moved from South Station to Boston’s Seaport, blocking traffic as President Joe Biden was making several fundraising stops in the city.