Overview
- Caltrans installed metal gates on the 101 Freeway ramps at Los Angeles Street before No Kings rallies planned downtown this weekend.
- The California Highway Patrol requested the barriers after earlier protests sent people onto the freeway, which put walkers and motorists in danger.
- Officers plan to use the gates only when needed and will coordinate each ramp closure with Caltrans.
- CBS cited officials explaining the safety rationale and coordination, while a New York Post video showed crews putting up a gate near the downtown ramps.
- It remains unclear how many ramps across Los Angeles will get gates, as dozens of demonstrations are scheduled across Southern California following earlier rallies that ended in clashes.