VERMONT (ABC22/FOX44) – Motorists heading down Interstate 91 for Memorial Day weekend will want to be on the lookout for more than just the right exit.
Three weeks ago, hundreds of protesters gathered in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont to demonstrate against the policies of the Trump administration, as an extension of “overpass protests” that began to gain traction earlier this year. From 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. this Friday, May 23, local groups under the banner of the Indivisible Project plan on taking to the streets once again.
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The local affiliated groups organizing the protests include Defend Democracy Indivisible, Brattleboro Indivisible, and Rise Up Western Mass Indivisible. I-91 overpasses as far north as U.S. Route 302 (Exit 17) in Newbury have protests planned, as well as at least six overpasses further south in Brattleboro and Putney in Windham County.
Organizers have told protesters to avoid parking in the lots of local businesses, and to stay out of the right-of-way of traffic. Another group affiliated with Indivisible is organizing a roadside protest in South Burlington off Shelburne Road…