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Guest essay by Eric Worrall
The ABC reports a member of the public intervened at a protest in Brisbane to prevent an Extinction Rebellion protester from escaping arrest.
Extinction Rebellion protesters charged after blocking roads and creating chaos in Brisbane
More than 70 people have been charged over climate change protests that caused major traffic disruptions in Brisbane’s CBD.…
Superintendent Chris Stream said some protesters were arrested for offences including public nuisance, disobeying lawful direction and also disrupting police.
“It is some time in the Brisbane city area since we’ve seen this amount of arrests,” he said.
‘We will do everything we possibly can to clear intersections and to enable at least limited traffic flow.”
He said police had been “generally happy” with the behaviour of protesters.
“What we are pleased to see is that the larger amount of police interactions today have not involved violence,” he said.
“The only information I have in relation to a person being tackled to the ground was where a police officer was attempting to affect an arrest at the intersection of George and Elizabeth Street.
“A member of the public intervened as one of the protesters fled that area and tackled the protester to the ground.“
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Read more: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-08-06/extinction-rebellion-protest-brisbane-cbd/11384442
I guess we can safely conclude at least one member of the public is less than enthused about having their commute ruined by a bunch of trouble makers illegally blocking the streets.
Let us hope the diversion of police resources to rounding up law breaking hippies did not cause harm to someone who really needed police assistance.
If anyone has a video of the Extinction Rebellion protestor being arrested please post the link.
They are rebelling by having a latte instead of a long black.
Its a shame they are not protesting in Darwin with its 3 strikes law, third time these hippies are arrested its twoy years jail LOL
Had one of these things waving a bloody silly piece of cardboard at me in London recently- telling me that I was earning while she was burning. I asked what the downside for me was, since I appeared to be excluded from the burning part. I was informed that it wasn’t a joke, blah blah. I then asked how she and her comrades were getting to and from these protests- same response. The annoying thing is that I was minding my own business and these people think they have the right to disrupt my life. I do hope this rabble are not claiming Jobseekers Allowance or similar whilst saving the world…….
Did you hear about the Indian who drank 62 cups of tea ?
The next morning, they found him dead in his tea pee …
My very local online newspaper in the UK is now lousy with people spouting “extinction”, “crisis” and “emergency” nonsense. I suspect that this has been gestating for around a year, and the nice warm weather, and the school/uni holidays (many are probably staff and students) has caused them to erupt. Can’t wait for cold wet weather to force them to hibernate.
Just envision a pack of motorcycle club bikers coming to a rebellion protestors roadblock.
yeah would be good fun
however Aus has banned any groups of bikers/riders in clusters over 2 or 3.. I think?
local towns here used to host club runs and it kept pubs and caravan parks in business and theyr behaved and were no trouble at all
two towns have shut their pubs since the bans and parks etc also struggle.
they werent massive numbers all that often but it did make a difference to tiny towns survival.
they ate well and spent well
grey nomads dont tend to eat out or spend as much
No kidding ? Wow. Australia is in trouble deep. Not good when a country is that much in war with it’s own people.
For people whining that the world is too warm, they sure are well bundled.
Is there something wrong with a cop with bullhorn telling these gits to disperse or they will be dispersed?
Then bring in the fire hoses and wash them into the nearby river.
You have to pick the right moment and its all in the timing-
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/wild-weather-set-to-sweep-south-east-australia/ar-AAFrhmV
So they can explain precisely to the Rabble for Life folks up north where all the missing heat comes from.
Young and by their appearance, unemployable twenty something’s, and middle aged middle class folk unable to find a hobby ? Meanwhile, and as revealed by the recent leak, the top honchos will be making out like bandits.
Once upon a time we in the Police were proud to be known as a Police Force. It was a Force for good, but over the years it all changed. Today we are a Police Service and the criminals are no longer, they are “Clients”” who are entitled to all of the protections that our civilised society will provide.
MKR VK5ELL