405 freeway

Protesters Shut Down 405

Nine protesters were arrested last week for staging a demonstration on the southbound San Diego (405) Freeway in Inglewood, spray-painting slogans on the pavement and forcing a roughly 20-minute closure of the roadway on a busy holiday-getaway travel day. The protest began at 1:27 p.m. on the southbound 405 Freeway near Manchester Boulevard, said Sgt. Paul Peterson of the West Los Angeles California Highway Patrol Office. “They painted names, words and slogans including `Black Lives Matter’ on the surface of all five lanes of pavement,” Peterson said. They used several colors of spray paint. The graffiti also included the word