About 200 to 300 people took part in the protest, which closed traffic on Interstate 94 for about three hours Monday night, said Lt. Tiffany Schweigart, spokeswoman for the Minnesota State Police. Fifty-one people were arrested.
Protesters clashed not only with police, but with drivers, some who were angry enough to try to force their way through the crowd on the roadway, according to WCCO. When police arrived and started rerouting traffic off the interstate and onto secondary roads, protesters tried to block that action as well, forming a human chain across the detour.
If I was one of the drivers i would have just taken a different route other than trying to go through them.
What would you do if you were one of the police trying to open the interstate back up?
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If I was one of the police, I would definitely try talking to the protesters to try to talk them out of what they are doing. However, with a group of protesters this large, I feel that it would be hard to accomplish anything!