Video: LA freeway motorists put the smack down on pro-Palestinian protesters blocking them

Some motorists on Los Angeles' southbound 110 Freeway weren't about to put up with a line of pro-Palestinian protesters blocking them in the middle of Wednesday morning's rush — and angry drivers exited their cars and got physical with the leftists.

In the below video, motorists are seen grabbing protesters' signs and tossing them away, dragging them from the line they formed stretching across the freeway lanes — and one driver is seen wrestling a protester on the hood of a car before knocking him to the freeway surface.

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KNBC-TV reported that the actions of the protesters — calling for an Israel-Hamas war ceasefire in Gaza — brought morning traffic to a halt for more than an hour after they linked arms around 9 a.m.

Backups extended to nearby streets and freeways, the station said, adding that traffic on the southbound 110 was jammed for miles, well past Interstate 5.

California Highway Patrol officers began taking people into custody just before 10 a.m., KNBC said, adding that most of the protesters were removed by 10:30 a.m.

The station said several cars appeared to have stalled due to mechanical problems, which added to "traffic headaches." Tow trucks removed the vehicles, KNBC noted.

Police said 75 people were arrested, but it wasn't immediately clear whether all of them were protesters, the station said.

The 110 Freeway connects downtown Los Angeles with Long Beach to the south and San Gabriel Valley communities to the northeast, KNBC explained.

The Los Angeles Times in its report on the protest called the 110 "one of the most notoriously congested thoroughfares in Los Angeles."

Pro-Palestinian protesters pulled the same stunt last month up north on the Bay Bridge — which connects San Francisco and Oakland — then proceeded to throw their car keys into the water below, forcing their vehicles to be towed.

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