>’A green light to commit crime’: Outrage as jury CLEARS Extinction Rebellion over railway blocking stunt after judge said it’s their human right to protest… just days after Colston vandals were found not guilty
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> * Philip Kingston, 85, Reverend Sue Parfitt, 79, and Martin Newell, 54, are cleared
> * Trio climbed on Docklands Light Railway train at Shadwell station in East London
> * They are members of Christian Climate Action within environmental group XR
> * All three denied obstructing an engine or carriage on railway in October 2019
> * Nine days ago, four other protesters were cleared over Colston statue toppling
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>(mirror link: https://archive.is/NGQwR)
Let’s see how long it’ll take when Patel starts to talk about changing the justice system so that she can jail them. Retrospectively.
Interesting how the media paints the picture that everyone hates these activists. With this and the Colston acquittal, it seems the public is much more sympathetic to them than they thought.
So that’s what happened to Keith & Candice-Marie from *Nuts in May*
I believe we have to protest and obstruct to get any meaningful change. I’m too ill to do this myself. I would therefore exonerate anyone who take its upon themselves to do this on all our behalves. I think most juries seem to agree.
That protest was stupid because it was public transport. The thing that is meant to help lessen the CO2 emmissions via getting people to use it more. Granted, we’re a dumb country and just raised trainfares again thus causing more people to go “Oh fuck this, i’m getting a taxi/car/bike” because it is literally cheaper to go abroad then it is to go from one part of the UK to another. Hell, going to London from Kent is close to £50.
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That and XR seem to have questionable ideas about protesting as they protest the thing that is meant to help their goal.
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Add this also from this morning:
>Devon Live: [Exeter Extinction Rebellion activist who glued himself to plane wins appeal](https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/exeter-extinction-rebellion-activist-who-6491065)
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>The former Paralympic athlete from Devon super-glued himself to the roof of a British Airways plane at London City Airport in a bid to draw attention to the climate crisis
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Drop in a view on the three from the Mail too:
>’A green light to commit crime’: Outrage as jury CLEARS Extinction Rebellion over railway blocking stunt after judge said it’s their human right to protest… just days after Colston vandals were found not guilty
>
> * Philip Kingston, 85, Reverend Sue Parfitt, 79, and Martin Newell, 54, are cleared
> * Trio climbed on Docklands Light Railway train at Shadwell station in East London
> * They are members of Christian Climate Action within environmental group XR
> * All three denied obstructing an engine or carriage on railway in October 2019
> * Nine days ago, four other protesters were cleared over Colston statue toppling
>
>(mirror link: https://archive.is/NGQwR)
Let’s see how long it’ll take when Patel starts to talk about changing the justice system so that she can jail them. Retrospectively.
Interesting how the media paints the picture that everyone hates these activists. With this and the Colston acquittal, it seems the public is much more sympathetic to them than they thought.
So that’s what happened to Keith & Candice-Marie from *Nuts in May*
I believe we have to protest and obstruct to get any meaningful change. I’m too ill to do this myself. I would therefore exonerate anyone who take its upon themselves to do this on all our behalves. I think most juries seem to agree.
That protest was stupid because it was public transport. The thing that is meant to help lessen the CO2 emmissions via getting people to use it more. Granted, we’re a dumb country and just raised trainfares again thus causing more people to go “Oh fuck this, i’m getting a taxi/car/bike” because it is literally cheaper to go abroad then it is to go from one part of the UK to another. Hell, going to London from Kent is close to £50.
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That and XR seem to have questionable ideas about protesting as they protest the thing that is meant to help their goal.