Lafayette Officials Try to Shut Down Ongoing Pro-Trump Protests

Protected First Amendment speech or a danger to drivers?

Thomas Smith
The Bold Italic
Published in
3 min readMar 8, 2021

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Protesters on a highway overpass flying Trump, Thin Blue Line, and US flags.
Photo: Thomas Smith

On a recent afternoon, a group of roughly a dozen protesters set up on the El Curtola overpass above Highway 24 in Lafayette (in the East Bay). Spotted: flags reading “Trump 2020,” “All Aboard the Trump Train,” and “Sloppy Joe,” a negative reference to President…

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