Anti-war, anti-AI protester Guido Reichstadter still on top of arch on Douglass Memorial Bridge

Guido Reichstadter, who climbed up the Frederick Memorial Douglass Bridge to protest the Iran war, is still up there as of Saturday morning. Mr. Reichstadter posted a picture of the sunrise from an arch on the bridge and once again called for the end of the Iran war and for people to “stop AI.” Good morning! End the warStop AI pic.twitter.com/n9G1bwNsNf — Guido Reichstadter (@wolflovesmelon) May 2, 2026 The protester remained on the bridge as of 9:17 a.m., per a post from the Metropolitan Police Department on X. The police are referring to the incident as a “barricade situation” and say they are trying to negotiate with Mr. Reichstadter to get him to come down. Mr. Reichstadter first climbed the bridge Friday afternoon before unfurling a long, black ribbon-like cloth. SEE ALSO: High-wire protest: Man scales Washington bridge arch with black ribbon to oppose Iran war Roughly 90 minutes after getting up onto the arch, he posted on X that he was “calling on the people of the United States to bring an immediate end to the Trump regime’s illegal war on Iran and the removal of the regime power through mass nonviolent direct action and non-cooperation.” Mr. Reichstadter also