WASHINGTON — A Florida activist voluntarily ended his five-day demonstration Wednesday morning after camping on top of a Washington D.C. bridge to protest artificial intelligence and Iran military action.
Guido Reichstadter descended from the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge where he had been stationed since May 1st, creating intermittent traffic delays as D.C. police shut down lanes while attempting to negotiate his surrender.
Photos posted to Reichstadter’s social media account documented his time living in a tent positioned on one of the bridge’s arches. On Tuesday, he announced his intention to surrender and anticipated his arrest.
“I hope that this action has offered something to motivate and inspire you, and that it can serve as fuel for greater commitment and action in the cause of peace and in the fight for our future,” he wrote.
D.C. police arrested Reichstadter on charges including crowding, obstructing, or incommoding, unlawful entry and failure to obey an officer.
This marks Reichstadter’s second protest on the identical bridge structure, having previously demonstrated there in 2022 opposing a Supreme Court ruling.
