DeSantis's Florida Showed Just How To Deal With Anti-Israel Protestors Who Block Traffic

We just had a week full of anti-Israel protests that crippled major arteries across the country like the Golden Gate Bridge, and made a mess at Columbia University. 

In most instances, those protesters were allowed to wreak havoc on traffic and bring an Ivy League campus to a halt.

But not in Florida. Protesters in the Sunshine State were met with the full strength of the law.

In case you missed it (and we don't blame you if you did what with all the nonsense going on), protesters tried to disrupt traffic in Miami on April 15th. That was the same day that protesters shut down the Golden Gate Bridge and stopped traffic outside of Chicago's O'Hare International because we all needed another headache on tax day.

Authorities took several hours to clear the protestors in San Francisco, but those on the scene in Miami were far more proactive and efficient. A large group of protestors were directed to stay in a designated area near Biscayne Boulevard and Northeast 3rd Street. But when they refused to, Miami police and the Florida Highway Patrol removed the offenders from the street.

This video was posted by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ communications director, Bryan Griffin. 

According to "Florida’s Voice News," "individuals (in Florida) commit violations under state law if they impede, hinder, stifle or restrain traffic or passage in roadways, if they stand on and/or remain in the roadway, or if they endanger the ‘safe movement of vehicles or pedestrians’ in the roadway." By that definition, what you saw in the video certainly qualifies as illegal.

Griffin’s post was certainly met with some negative reactions, but also many that were positive.

The Heritage Foundation reposted the video and said other cities should follow Miami’s example.

Take notes Chicago, San Francisco, and D.C. Letting protesters obstruct your roadways is a choice," the organization wrote on X.

Others chimed in and applauded the authorities for their swift action.

Obviously, you have the right to protest in America, but not you also lose that right if you start blocking traffic or threatening students at colleges. While some states and cities might not fully grasp that concept, Florida certainly does.

New York City, at least in terms of the Columbia University protesters, finally stepped up and had police arrest over 100 hundred of the protesters on Thursday evening. Still, a Columbia rabbi is warning Jewish students to return home and not come back to campus until things calm down at the Ivy League school.