Gallery: Protesters shut down I-40 bridge
Activists chant and hold up signs as the wrap up a pro-Palestinian protest that shut the Interstate 40 bridge over the Mississippi River Feb. 3. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
Several hundred protesters block the Interstate 40 Bridge to demand a ceasefire in Palestine Feb. 3. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
Memphis Police Department officers on the scene ordered protesters to leave the Hernando DeSoto Bridge Saturday, Feb. 3. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
Memphis police officers respond to a pro-Palestinian protest that shut the Interstate 40 bridge over the Mississippi River Feb. 3. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
William Lofton Jr. records westbound traffic as it is resumes during a pro-Palestinian protest that shut the Interstate 40 bridge over the Mississippi River Feb. 3. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
Dodi Imam and Marcela Espinoza wave a Palestinian flag as a protest demanding a ceasefire wanes in Downtown Memphis Feb. 3. From the vantage of Main Street just south of Poplar Avenue, the Hernando DeSoto Bridge shimmers in the background. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)(Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
Memphis police officers figure out how to respond to a pro-Palestinian protest that shut the Interstate 40 bridge over the Mississippi River Feb. 3. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
Abdallah, who only agreed to give his first name, leads chants with other activists at the conclusion of a pro-Palestinian protest that shut the Interstate 40 bridge over the Mississippi River Feb. 3. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
Abdallah, who only agreed to give his first name, holds a Palestinian flag in the median of the Interstate 40 bridge that spans the Mississippi River between Arkansas and Tennessee during a protest that shut down traffic on the bridge Feb. 3. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
Memphis police officers negotiate with activists at the conclusion of a pro-Palestinian protest that shut the Interstate 40 bridge over the Mississippi River Feb. 3. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
Several people pray at the conclusion of a pro-Palestinian protest that shut the Interstate 40 bridge over the Mississippi River Feb. 3. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
A contingency of Memphis police officers await activists as they conclude a pro-Palestinian protest that shut the Interstate 40 bridge over the Mississippi River Feb. 3. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
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