Seven pro-Palestinian protesters are sentenced to 30 days for blocking traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge during a 2024 protest against Israel’s assault on Gaza, according to reports. The sentences include credit for time already served. They were convicted in July in San Francisco of misdemeanor charges.
A jury remained deadlocked on a more serious felony conspiracy charge. Defense attorneys say the demonstrators acted from a moral responsibility to oppose what they describe as devastation in Gaza and the role of U.S. support for Israel. Other outlets frame the case primarily through the legal outcome, including the misdemeanor convictions and the unresolved felony charge.
