London City Airport Runway Shut By Black Lives Matter

[arista]

Feckers
thats my Fast Route to Edinburgh


http://news.sky.com/story/london-city-flights-delayed-after-runway-protest-10566897


http://e3.365dm.com/16/09/206x116/91e0a4940bbccb5e328ce0df248e39e0115089d756729950f1 4d001cb7975160_3780265.jpg?20160906081454



Police remove these Punks

[Cherie]

In a statement Black Lives Matter UK said that activists carried out the demonstration "in order to highlight the UK's environmental impact on the lives of black people".


:joker:

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

Similar to truckers and such disrupting Calais yesterday as they are against the refugee camp. Surprised you didn't open a thread about that. But anyways, I suppose protesters with a cause like to take drastic measures to be heard.

[arista]

Its a Small Airport
They must now bring in More Security
with Tasers



There is only 9 of these Protesters
Get them off the runway

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

Its a Small Airport
They must now bring in More Security
with Tasers

Protesters yesterday didn't get tasered, they shouldn't either.

[arista]

This a Small Business Airport
Private Land

No More Demos

[bots]

Similar to truckers and such disrupting Calais yesterday as they are against the refugee camp. Surprised you didn't open a thread about that. But anyways, I suppose protesters with a cause like to take drastic measures to be heard.

the key word there being Calais .... its in a different country you know.

[MTVN]

'Climate crisis is a racist crisis'

:facepalm:

[Cherie]

Bit worrying that the runway was accessed so easily, so at least if nothing else they have highlighted security issues

[_Tom_]

'Climate crisis is a racist crisis'

I literally can't :joker:

[arista]

Bit worrying that the runway was accessed so easily, so at least if nothing else they have highlighted security issues


Yes they must never let these
Punks delay everyone again

[Livia]

Ridiculous people... you don't get people to be sympathetic to your cause by disrupting them.

[arista]

From LBC
7 arrested


2 Punks still chained together

[arista]

Ridiculous people... you don't get people to be sympathetic to your cause by disrupting them.


"Black Lives Matter"
claim the new Airport
expansion will effect
their near Newham poor area.


LBC

[_Tom_]

They're a ****ing joke.

[Livia]

"Black Lives Matter"
claim the new Airport
expansion will effect
their near area.


LBC

I come from a spit away from London City Airport and lived there until I moved here. I could see the airport from my bedroom window. I'm pretty sure that there are some white people left living there.

[lostalex]

did the cops shoot a black man in london?

[Livia]

did the cops shoot a black man in london?

No... last time they did they set light to London.

Hey Alex, nice to see you.

[lostalex]

No... last time they did they set light to London.

Hey Alex, nice to see you.

hey Liv, hope you are doing well, always a pleasure to see you too. :waves:

Well i'm glad they aren't having to protest over any actual violence. wasn't there a guy on celeb big brother, a police chief or something who was involved with showing the racial profiling in policing in london? a gay guy if i remember, that was years ago though.

[Cherie]

Apparently the air quality in Newham only affects black people :facepalm: they should rename themselves as Only Black Lives matter to us.

[kirklancaster]

Apparently the air quality in Newham only affects black people :facepalm: they should rename themselves as Only Black Lives matter to us.

:laugh: LOL.

[arista]

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/09/06/10/article-3775517-37F62DCF00000578-907_964x445.jpg
[Flights in and out of the
airport have been disrupted
since 5.40am when
nine protesters stormed
the grounds and lay down
in the middle of the tarmac,
chained to a tripod (inset and left),
to 'highlight the UK's
environmental impact
on the lives of black people'.
In a series of claims about
the protest, the group
said black people are '28 per
cent more likely to be suffer
air pollution' and that
the airport was
allowing a 'wealthy elite' to fly
around the world while migrants
are drowning in the Mediterranean.
Despite the serious security breach,
police (top right) spent five hours
'negotiating' with those responsible
as they waited for 'specialist resources'
to unlock them. Officers have now
arrested seven people on
suspicion of trespass,
being unlawfully airside
and breaching London City Airport
bylaws,]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3775517/Protesters-storm-runway-London-City-Airport-bringing-flights-standstill-stranding-thousands-passengers.html

[jaxie]

Apparently the air quality in Newham only affects black people :facepalm: they should rename themselves as Only Black Lives matter to us.

:laugh:

[arista]

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/09/06/10/37F5D08700000578-3775517-image-m-54_1473155765032.jpg

[Niamh.]

"the group said black people are '28 percent more likely to be suffer air pollution" What?? :laugh: I have to say this protest sounds ridiculous and is not going to garner any sympathy for the group

[Livia]

Any word on how air pollution affects white people, if they're Jewish? I might have to start my own protest.

[Cal.]

http://www.grassfedcharlie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/anyway-gif-2015.gif

[Vanessa]

Hey, that's my route to Rome :fist:

[Tom4784]

I'm pretty sure BLM UK is, at best, meant to be some sort of satire group or, at worst, an attempt to disparage the actual BLM movement. The fact that they are making such silly claims and there doesn't seem to be a black person among them makes me think it's the latter.

BLM protests in the UK are stupid anyway, we can't do jack**** about the state of the US police force.

[Niamh.]

I'm pretty sure BLM UK is, at best, meant to be some sort of satire group or, at worst, an attempt to disparage the actual BLM movement. The fact that they are making such silly claims and there doesn't seem to be a black person among them makes me think it's the latter.

BLM protests in the UK are stupid anyway, we can't do jack**** about the state of the US police force.

Oh yeah ffs :laugh:

I think you might be right

[Kazanne]

Ridiculous people... you don't get people to be sympathetic to your cause by disrupting them.

100% agree,ALL lives matter ,even those trying to go about their business,some people just love an excuse to disrupt others.

[Alf]

Just ignore them and keep the planes moving, they'll soon move.

[arista]

After 6 hours
the Airport is now open.

9 Punks arrested

[arista]

Just ignore them and keep the planes moving, they'll soon move.


no they were Chained to that Airport steps.


They arrived on a dingy
via the water.
thats how the punks sneaked on.

[kirklancaster]

I'm pretty sure BLM UK is, at best, meant to be some sort of satire group or, at worst, an attempt to disparage the actual BLM movement. The fact that they are making such silly claims and there doesn't seem to be a black person among them makes me think it's the latter.

BLM protests in the UK are stupid anyway, we can't do jack**** about the state of the US police force.

TBH; this had crossed my mind too. The REAL BLM movement surely CANNOT be that stupid.

[Cherie]

Oh yeah ffs :laugh:

I think you might be right

I don't think that is the case listening to one of the organisers being interviewed, apparently they also have an issue with the average earnings of people using City airport (136,000 euros) looking at you Arista and Vanessa, how dare you do well for yourselves :fist:

[bots]

we never had these issues before the brexit vote :fist:

[kirklancaster]

we never had these issues before the brexit vote :fist:

:nono: Stop winding BOTS. :laugh:

[Livia]

Something else that strikes me about this stupid protest... there are poor areas in Newham but there are vastly wealthy parts now, with people moving in from all over because of its proximity and transport links to the city. And over in Tower Hamlets the gentrification is even more widespread. So, do they think the planes only fly over the poor bits?

They are ****ing idiots.

[Saph]

ugh I hate people like this

[arista]

Something else that strikes me about this stupid protest... there are poor areas in Newham but there are vastly wealthy parts now, with people moving in from all over because of its proximity and transport links to the city. And over in Tower Hamlets the gentrification is even more widespread. So, do they think the planes only fly over the poor bits?

They are ****ing idiots.


Yes Pathetic

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

TBH; this had crossed my mind too. The REAL BLM movement surely CANNOT be that stupid.

I think people with a brain understand the original premise of Black lives matter and understand that with every movement come opportunists. People that never actual cared about the movement are just going to use incidents like this to further discredit what it was actually about.

I find this outrage kind of hypocritical too since there was no outrage about the protest disrupting cross channel travelling yesterday from people protesting against refugee camp.

[Cherie]

I think people with a brain understand the original premise of Black lives matter and understand that with every movement come opportunists. People that never actual cared about the movement are just going to use incidents like this to further discredit what it was actually about.

I find this outrage kind of hypocritical too since there was no outrage about the protest disrupting cross channel travelling yesterday from people protesting against refugee camp.



Because the camps are growing and Calais is fast becoming a port to avoid rather than go through, seems a legitimate protest to me for both residents and businesses alike, if the City Airport protesters were protesting about climate change for the whole community they might have had some sympathy.

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

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m, if the City Airport protesters were protesting about climate change for the whole community they might have had some sympathy.
But last time they protested people found a reason not to listen. When they protested against actual deaths there was a reason not to listen. People always find excuses not to listen.

Whether you think their protest is legitimate or not the bottom line is if you're outraged about travel chaos caused yesterday you should have also been outraged about the chaos the day before. So to me the outrage is more about who the protest is coming from.

[bots]

But last time they protested people found a reason not to listen. When they protested against actual deaths there was a reason not to listen. People always find excuses not to listen.

Whether you think their protest is legitimate or not the bottom line is if you're outraged about travel chaos caused yesterday you should have also been outraged about the chaos the day before. So to me the outrage is more about who the protest is coming from.

well of course people evaluate an action by its reason. The reason for the action at the airport yesterday was nonsensical, so it got the appropriate reaction.

[Livia]

I'm shocked there isn't more outrage about these boneheads weakening the ligitimate message of BLM in the US. They've made themselves, and the cause, look silly. If I was something to do with ehe BLM movement in the US I'd be bloody angry about what they did and what they said.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Just about sums up BLM UK for me



pathetic

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

well of course people evaluate an action by its reason. The reason for the action at the airport yesterday was nonsensical, so it got the appropriate reaction.

There's always a response. The initial response was blacks kill blacks so why complain about police brutality. It's equivalent to whites kill whites so why are there any sort of justice laws. Always an excuse. I don't actually know the legitimacy of the quotes and full context of what those people meant yesterday based on what's been put out but I doubt someone would actually care to sit with them and discuss what they actually meant. Nyways

[Crimson Dynamo]

There's always a response. The initial response was blacks kill blacks so why complain about police brutality. It's equivalent to whites kill whites so why are there any sort of justice laws. Always an excuse. I don't actually know the legitimacy and full context of what those people meant but I doubt someone would actually care to sit with them and discuss what they actually meant. Nyways

they made a fool of themselves and the black community in that area, no one wants to hear what else they got

mugs

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

More protests causing travel disruption today-but this time for benefit cuts. OUTRAGE

[lostalex]

Any word on how air pollution affects white people, if they're Jewish? I might have to start my own protest. It's definite;y hurting gay people more, the heat makes our makeup run.

[the truth]

It's definite;y hurting gay people more, the heat makes our makeup run.

indeed you should definitely march against that oppression across the gatwick airport, I wear glasses and in the steamy hot weather they tend to slip down my nose a bit....Its high time, the 4 eyed bespectacled under class,, ran riot across heathrow runway too....our cause is easily as just as BLM UK

[Kizzy]

Maybe it means the communities where ethnic minorities live are in areas where there are large conurbations which have high levels of air pollution?

[the truth]

Maybe it means the communities where ethnic minorities live are in areas where there are large conurbations which have high levels of air pollution?

protest against the airport or the politicians but making it a race matter is absurd