Protest in Westwood
Traffic in Westwood was badly snarled Wednesday afternoon because of a student protest and street sit-in against the cost of higher education and the banking industry's purported role in it.
After a march by about 200 protesters from the UCLA campus, several of them sat down in the busy intersection of Westwood and Wilshire boulevards and refused to move for about an hour. The result was traffic chaos in Westwood, which otherwise is clogged because of construction on the 405 Freeway that runs along its western border.
Shortly after 3 p.m., police arrested 11 people blocking the intersection on suspicion of refusal to disperse, said Norma Eisenman, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles Police Department. Traffic began to flow again soon after, she said.
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After a march by about 200 protesters from the UCLA campus, several of them sat down in the busy intersection of Westwood and Wilshire boulevards and refused to move for about an hour. The result was traffic chaos in Westwood, which otherwise is clogged because of construction on the 405 Freeway that runs along its western border.
Shortly after 3 p.m., police arrested 11 people blocking the intersection on suspicion of refusal to disperse, said Norma Eisenman, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles Police Department. Traffic began to flow again soon after, she said.
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UCLA students sit in the middle of the intersection of Wilshire and Westwood boulevards, where traffic was shut down for hours Wednesday. Eleven people were arrested on suspicion of failing to disperse.
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HelenofPeel at 11:07 AM November 10, 2011
So this is why traffic was backed up onto Santa Monica and Olympic on my way to work last night.
I really detest it when the kids block traffic of folks just trying to get to their jobs, or get home from their jobs to their families, or their 2nd job!
Any good will they wanted for their cause they just lost, even by those who would be sympathetic.
You don't mess with people just trying to survive in this world right now.
socalgulfer at 4:58 AM November 10, 2011
Hmmm, where are all the Asian kids in the photos? You think, maybe, in class or studying? Just saying!
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L.A. for less than the price of sunblock. 
The only role banks play in your education is to lend you $$$ to pay your overpaid professors, while putting you in credit hell for years to come. Trust me, I work in finance, student loans are the worst thing anyone can get on credit.