Possible Traffic Blocking Protest on Friday?

[josephineave.livejournal.com]

I spotted this tweet this morning:

https://twitter.com/emmaa_kahn/status/540370987297300481

Emma Kahn
‏@emmaa_kahn

TUFTS we are shutting down Davis Square THIS FRIDAY at 5pm. Organize // unite // be angry // speak out // die-in // protect


She seems legit and very invested in taking action, primarily in response to the ruling in Missouri. Might end up being nothing, but best to be prepared.

There was a meeting at Tufts last night to discuss mobilization, so these might be related:

https://www.facebook.com/events/294927847363824/

Comments

[ron_newman]

This post on yesterday's event says that today's event is "a march to SHUT DOWN Davis Square on the Red line in Somerville". I interpreted the confusing wording to mean that they intend to shut down the Red Line station. When I said that I didn't consider this to be a good idea, I got a lot of disagreement from other commenters.

[keithn.livejournal.com]

Yeah I think you misinterpreted that. But that Facebook thread... wow. It's just not worth expressing your reasonable opinions on this topic online.

Some protesters did block the green line yesterday, but the green line doesn't have a third rail and the trains go slow enough to stop for people on the tracks. Trying to block the red line by standing on the tracks would go very badly for the protesters.

[josephineave.livejournal.com]

Some of the pics I saw from last night included clogging up the platform and entrance to Park Street. Depending on their plans, they could certainly end up blocking passengers from using the station. I guess we will see.

[anyee.livejournal.com]

Then good riddance.

People keeping the useful members of society from getting to work or home need to be hit as fast as possible.

[ron_newman]

Then your issue is with the MBTA police, because they're the ones who closed the T station, not the protesters.