Protester who has been on Frederick Douglass bridge for four days to come down ‘soon’
Guido Reichstadter, a Florida activist, has ended a four-day protest atop the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge in Washington, D.C., where he called for an end to the war in Iran and protested against President Donald Trump and artificial intelligence. His demonstration caused traffic disruptions, with police closing lanes and negotiating his descent. Reichstadter stated his actions were a form of nonviolent resistance aimed at inspiring collective action against war and injustice.
- ▪Guido Reichstadter climbed the 168-foot arch of the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge on Friday afternoon.
- ▪He protested the war in Iran, President Donald Trump, and artificial intelligence, advocating for nonviolent resistance.
- ▪Reichstadter announced on social media that he would soon come down from the bridge after four days.
- ▪The Metropolitan Police Department closed lanes and set up barricades, reopening some lanes while negotiations continued.
- ▪Reichstadter posted messages on X, urging mass non-cooperation with what he called an 'illegal war on Iran'.
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A protester who has been atop the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge for four days said he will descend “soon” after his presence led to traffic delays, with one lane each way closed. Guido Reichstadter, an activist from Florida, scaled the 168-foot arch on Friday and said he was protesting the war in Iran, President Donald Trump, and artificial intelligence. Recommended Stories Pirro says Trump dinner shooting suspect ‘definitively’ shot Secret Service agent After ‘missteps’ in Minneapolis, CBP’s Rodney Scott resets partnership with ICE 57 pounds of marijuana worth $220,000 found in Maryland man and woman’s suitcase at Dulles Airport Reichstadter posted to social media Sunday evening with a lengthy message that he will soon leave his post, framing his actions as a form of nonviolent…
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