Anti-Donald Trump protesters temporarily shut down a highway in New Haven, Conn. on Saturday, forcing ambulance workers who were delayed by the demonstration to perform an emergency medical procedure in the vehicle.
Over 100 people protesting President Trump's travel ban blocked Route 34 in New Haven, delaying an ambulance with a critically ill patient from making it to the hospital, the Associated Press reported Sunday. Paramedics had to perform a procedure on the patient in the ambulance as a result.
The demonstrators were protesting Trump's executive order temporarily barring refugees from entering the United States and halting immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries over terrorism concerns.
The leader of the protest, Norman Clement, 66, was found by state police after running away from the scene. Clement knocked over several of his fellow protesters in an effort to get away before resisting arrest, forcing police to use pepper spray on him. He is facing several charges, including inciting a riot.
