BBC Avoids Details of Demonstrators Arrested

[Teddy Bear]

I see a headline on the BBC news site that goes
Seven charged over demonstration -
Seven climate change campaigners appear in court charged with causing criminal damage to a Department of Transport office and of course my curiousity is raised to know how did the BBC report this.

So I read the article and I'm amazed to see how little information is given. Even the headline doesn't identify who is involved. Is this really what they're given billions of pounds a year to do? Of course we here know that they're avoidance of details on this subject is not to cause any of their readers to be somewhat angered and dismayed at the tactics of these demonstrators.

So I looked for another media company to give details of what happened here, just to see what the BBC were omitting.

Both articles below. First the BBC's:

Seven charged over demonstration

The campaigners were protesting against Heathrow expansion
Seven climate change campaigners have appeared in court charged with causing criminal damage to a Department of Transport building in central London.
The charges came after a demonstration at the building in Westminster on Friday to protest against planned expansion at Heathrow airport.

Police had held 10 people for the protest. The seven charged appeared before Westminster Magistrates' Court.

Three others, arrested for alleged aggravated trespass, were released.

Yup - That's it!
;D ;D ;D What a joke they are.

And now the Daily Mail.
Bear in mind this event happened yesterday so the BBC had plenty of time to get the facts - if of course, they were really interested in presenting them.

Climate change activists arrested after supergluing their hands to government building
Last updated at 14:16pm on 17th August 2007
Climate change protesters began a weekend of direct action today by supergluing their hands to the headquarters of the Department for Transport.

Ten people were arrested by police after targeting the building in Victoria shortly after 8am. The group are part of the Camp for Climate Action which is taking place just outside Heathrow Airport.

Protesters were planning a day of "direct action" today, other targets being the Royal Bank of Scotland group offices in Liverpool Street, the Carbon Neutral Company headquarters in King's Cross and the home of Labour peer Clive Soley, who is campaign director of Heathrow Future, a pro-aviation expansion group.

The Carbon Neutral Company has been targeted for "profiting from climate chaos and RBS for its involvement with Ferrovial - the owner of BAA - through its private equity operations.

There was a bizarre show of support for the protesters at the Department for Transport today as a passing tourist, who refused to give his name saying only that he came from "Wonderland", joined in at about 9am.

He chained himself to another locked door at the front entrance of the Great Minster House building until he was released and arrested by police at 10.15am.

One of those glued to the glass doors was taken to St Thomas' Hospital with minor abrasions after she lost skin on her hands, police said.

The last two protesters, perched on a platform above the main rotating doors, were removed onto police scaffolding at 10.45am and arrested.

All 10 demonstrators were eventually arrested for criminal damage and aggravated trespass.

Police community support officers who were on the scene at about 8.30am were later joined by ambulance crews and up to 40 Metropolitan police officers, and the area was cordoned off.

Hundreds of protesters have gathered at the climate change camp near Heathrow to demonstrate against plans to expand air travel. Their main activity on Sunday and Monday will be a march on airport operator BAA's headquarters, 600 yards from the camp, and other sites in the airport complex.

But the Standard has learned that "affinity groups", which are in touch with the camp's organisers but include the most militant elements, have plans for more radical action. One group leader told a camp meeting these activists expected to do "more than climb fences".

The proposals at Heathrow include plans to stop work or hold up perishable cargo from freight flights such as fruit and flowers.

While some protesters at the meeting advocated maximum disruption tactics - including blocking roads and chaining themselves to security gates - others insisted they did not want to take direct action against holidaymakers at Heathrow.

One man said: "We are targeting companies and not holidaymakers because we are trying to get people to support us. Half of the people flying from Heathrow will be children, and we do not want to take direct action against children."

The camp's direct action information tent is offering workshops for people taking part in protests. These include "your legal rightsî and "how to climb over obstacles".

Another activist who superglued herself to a gate at the Heathrow camp has also been arrested.

Mother-of-two Penny Eastwood, 52, from Hebden Bridge, was arrested on suspicion of criminal damage.

Timothy Lever, of the Camp for Climate Action, said Ms Eastwood was complaining about the breakdown in negotiations between police and the camp.

Police used chemical debonder to remove Ms Eastwood's hand from the metal gate on the edge of the illegally-occupied site.

I wish the media would stop calling them Eco Warriors, it gives them a status far from what they are really about.

[ascendinglark]

Yep, the BBC has definitely set out to avoid humiliating these morons with the full details of how infantile their protest was. Supergluing hands to buildings? Let's face it - the essence of the tactics and manner of these lefties is and always has been "if we don't get our way we'll scream and scream and scream until we're sick".

You gotta love this part in the Mail story:

The camp's direct action information tent is offering workshops for people taking part in protests. These include "your legal rights and "how to climb over obstacles"

In other words - "when we're protesting, the law is irrelevant, UNLESS we get caught in which case we demand the full protection of the law". A bit like a surly teenager who "has no parents" up until the time he needs $10 to go see a movie.

I also wish they'd stop calling them "eco-warriors" and name them properly - EnvironMENTALISTS.

[Teddy Bear]

Well these enviroMentals seem to have a good deal going with the BBC. Whatever trouble they get in to, the Beeb will minimize their misdeeds and provide them with a free forum to air their grievances, thus encouraging further lawlessness on their part.

Today there was more confrontations between this group and police. See how the BBC report it.

Minor scuffles in airport protest

Notice use of the word 'MINOR', like 'of little consequence'. Bear in mind 'missiles' like rocks and stones were thrown at officers.

Climate change campaigners have been involved in minor scuffles with police as they targeted the offices of Heathrow Airport operator BAA.
The BAA protest forms part of 24 hours of "direct action" by the Camp for Climate Action.

Police in riot gear are at the scene surrounding protesters in the car park at the company's offices.

Organisers say 1,400 people are taking part in the day, while police at the scene put the number at about 1,000.

Protesters and members of the local community also symbolically walked the 3km (1.8 mile) route of Heathrow airport's proposed third runway.

They are campaigning against Heathrow's planned expansion because, they say, it will contribute to climate change.

Map of proposed Heathrow expansion and climate camp
The BBC's Nicola Pearson said there was some "pushing and shoving" between the two sides as protesters approached the BAA offices.

Police say they have made three arrests - one for assault on a police officer, carrying Class A drugs, and going equipped to cause criminal damage.

About 50 protesters are in the western part of the car park outside of the BAA building in Bath Road.

About 100 protesters are also being contained in nearby Mondial Way following confrontations between police and protestors in which missiles were thrown at officers.

Organisers of the action said three teenage protesters had managed to scale a structure near BAA, and unfurled a banner saying "Make Planes History".


There are certainly times when unlawful action is required in order to force changes that aren't happening fast enough

Alex Harvey
Campaigner

According to Reuters, 4 persons were arrested not 3, bringing the total over the last week to 49. Notice the quote above in italics that the BBC insert into the article thus glorifying more unlawful action.

Now time in the article for a little more propaganda by this group making their actions really worthwhile.

BAA has said it will not be commenting on the day of action.

Earlier there were a few minor scuffles as police officers encircled one group during their procession towards Sipson Village, where part of the new runway is expected to be located.

Protesters left the camp - situated between the M4 motorway and the airport's northern perimeter in west London - in separate groups at midday to begin their march.

Banners carried slogans such as "You Fly, They Die", "Climate Change Kills" and "No Third Runway: Sipson Village RIP".

Protester Layla Harris said: "We have had enough of the prioritisation of economic growth over the future of our planet.

There were some minor skirmishes between police and protesters

"We are part of a growing global movement of ordinary people that will stop climate change."

A spokeswoman for the Camp for Climate Action said members of the local community had joined the demonstration.

Alex Harvey, one of the campaigners at the camp, said the siege at BAA would last until Monday morning.

But, while she said it would remain peaceful, she could not guarantee it would be lawful.

"There are certainly times when unlawful action is required in order to force changes that aren't happening fast enough," she said.

Ms Harvey said that, if police intervened to stop the campaigners reaching BAA's offices, they would be protecting the interests of the corporation over the needs of the people.

A fifth terminal will open at Heathrow in March 2008 and a new runway has been proposed by the government for about 2020.

[ascendinglark]

There is nothing to say about these "people" other than the fact that they're primitive savages. It's about time the cops disregarded any thoughts of bad publicity and responded to these people in their own language - brute force. Turn on the water canons. Bring on the tear gas. Rubber bullets - the lot. I'm sick to death of these "right-on" morons acting like THEY have some god-given right to break the law, trample over everyone elses individual rights, cause destruction to private property and disruption to private lives, all because they see themselves as "morally superior" and hence have written blank checks to themselves to behave in any way they see fit.

These bastards, they would drive a stake through a baby's heart as long as it were in the name of "stopping climate change" or whatever other coffee-table causes they've gotten each other excited about. It's time to admit that physically, morally and philosophically, these people are little better than savage primates and should be treated as such.

I'm reminded of two of Ayn Rand's great essays, one called "Cashing In - the Student Rebellion" about the savagery behind the student protests of the late 60's, and another concerning the hippies celebrating their "alternative sub-culture" at Woodstock, from which I'll quote here:

"The hippies are the living demonstration of what it means to give up reason and to rely on one's primeval 'instincts', 'urges' 'intuitions' - and whims. With such tools, they are unable to grasp even what is needed to satisfy their wishes - for example, the wish to have a festival. Where would they be without the charity of the local 'squares' who fed them? Where would they be without the fifty doctors, rushed from New York to save their lives - without the automobiles that brought them to the festival - without the soda pop and beer they substituted for water - without the helicopter that brought the entertainers - without all the achievements of the technological civilization they denounce? Left to their own devices, they literally didn't know enough to come in out of the rain"

[Teddy Bear]

I must say that while I love sunny and warm weather I can derive a little pleasure from the rain and cooler temperatures we're experiencing right now knowing these 'mentals' are out camping in it. Maybe they're wishing for a little more global warming than they must be feeling right now.

I also noticed in the Reuters article that "Over the past week protesters broke into an Israeli-owned food import warehouse near Heathrow and super-glued their hands to doors at the Department for Transport in London."

Now why should they target an Israeli food import warehouse? What on earth has that to do with global warming? Of course nothing, but it shows the brainwashing of these types, which of course to the BBC is prime fodder.

[ascendinglark]

A little reminder who "these types" are:



Full of hatred and bitterness. Infantile till the last of their days. These are people who spend their lives lashing out in fear at a world they will never understand, a world which they will always see through animal eyes. Monkey hungry, monkey eat. Monkey no care how food get there. Monkey cold, monkey turn on electric heating device. Monkey no care whose brain invented device or whose taxes pay for heating subsidy. Monkey no like, monkey shriek, beat fists and do backflips in protest.

You see people like this all over San Francisco, burned out hippie types who never came to terms with the failure of Socialism or the failure of hippie philosophers like Marcuse to gain anything more than cult followings. They're all dressed up for a party that got cancelled 30 years ago, and now I feel sorry for them. You catch snippets of their conversations in the street and they are ALWAYS whining bitterly about something, as if man's destiny is determined by forces beyond his control, as if decisions are futile because "they just won't give me a chance, man" and "the cards are stacked against us from the start". They whine about some benefit or other being cut, as if their very existence on this earth is enough to lay claim to someone else's paycheck. "Man, how do they expect me to get high and spend my days painting acid flashbacks on this measly dole check?". How I hate them. And feel sorry for them at the same time.

[johnbull]

;D
Great picture.
Personally I would force them to brush their teeth, have a bath and a nice short haircut. Then stop all their benefits. None of them have a job or contribute to society in any constructive way.
One good thing about their pathetic protest was that despite the constant hype and coverage by the BBC and other media, they could only attract a ridiculously small number of people to join them.