Anti-war protester hauled down from 168-foot DC bridge after 6-day stunt, police file multiple charges

An anti-war and anti-AI protester who ascended 1 of the tallest bridges successful Washington, D.C., was arrested by authorities Wednesday aft camping retired atop the landmark for astir a week.

Guido Reichstadter was safely removed from the span and is charged with crowding, obstructing oregon incommoding, unlawful introduction and failing to obey an officer, the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) told Fox News Digital.

Reichstadter, 45, a erstwhile jeweler and mathematics student, climbed the 168-foot span Friday nighttime and antecedently told Fox News Digital helium planned to enactment determination "until the warfare is ended."

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Protester Guido Reichstadter comes down from atop the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge with assistance from the D.C. occurrence section connected May 06, 2026 successful Washington, DC. (Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

However, connected Tuesday, helium posted connected X that his h2o ran retired Sunday and helium planned connected returning to the crushed Wednesday morning.

"I'll astir apt beryllium going to jailhouse for a portion erstwhile I get down," Reichstadter wrote successful the post. "I anticipation that this enactment has offered thing to motivate and animate you, and that it tin service arsenic substance for greater committedness and enactment successful the origin of bid and successful the combat for our future."

FOX 5 D.C. reported helium began his dismount astatine astir 9 a.m. section time, with firefighters and exigency crews utilizing instrumentality to assist.

Protester Guido Reichstadter comes down from atop the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge with assistance from the D.C. occurrence section connected May 6, 2026, successful Washington, DC. (Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

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He appeared to usage an interior passageway wrong the span during his dismount, the outlet reported.

Video showed Reichstadter traveling backmost to the crushed successful the handbasket of a occurrence section ladder motortruck earlier helium was ushered into an ambulance.

MPD declined Fox News Digital's petition for the full outgo and magnitude of resources expended during the six-day incident.

Protester Guido Reichstadter is enactment into an ambulance aft coming down from atop the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge connected May 6, 2026, successful Washington, D.C. (Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

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The activist, who was protesting the warfare with Iran and AI development, told Fox News Digital helium discontinue his occupation to protestation due to the fact that helium has 2 children.

"I've lived a afloat life. I've been married, I've been successful love, I've had a career. I don't cognize if they're gonna person that," helium said. "And that's the astir important happening successful the satellite to me, is their aboriginal and the aboriginal of the full quality race."

Reichstadter described the authorities of AI improvement arsenic "dire," saying helium believes the extremity of frontier AI companies is "to make AI systems which vastly outperform quality cognitive capabilities successful each respect."

Protester Guido Reichstadter stands atop the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge connected May 6, 2026, successful Washington, D.C. Reichstadter climbed atop the span Friday, May 1 successful protestation of what helium described arsenic "Trump regime's warfare successful Iran" and against AI development, according to posts connected X. (Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

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He besides condemned Congress for its alleged inaction successful narration to the warfare with Iran, though helium noted helium does not judge the U.S. oregon immoderate different state should person atomic weapons.

"I'm not making excuses, oregon nether immoderate illusions that it is not an autocratic authorities which has committed atrocities connected its ain people, but the way to a harmless aboriginal does not impact atomic weapons held by immoderate state," helium said.

A protester against the U.S. warfare successful Iran lasting astatine the basal of the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge gives a bid motion to protester Guido Reichstadter who stands atop the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge connected May 6, 2026, successful Washington, DC. (Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

Though Reichstadter's protestation coincided with "May Day" protests," helium said helium is not progressive successful the movement.

He was antecedently arrested connected charges related to AI protests successful California. He was doubly arrested for protesting connected OpenAI’s San Francisco campus, and arrested again successful 2025 for violating a judge’s bid not to return.

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Court records amusement helium pleaded blameworthy to a misdemeanor unlawful introduction charge, receiving a suspended 90‑day sentence, 18 months of probation and a $50 fine, FOX 5 reported.

Fox News Digital's Robert McGreevy contributed to this report.