London City Airport Runway Shut By Black Lives Matter
 

Feckers
thats my Fast Route to Edinburgh


http://news.sky.com/story/london-cit...otest-10566897


http://e3.365dm.com/16/09/206x116/91...20160906081454



Police remove these Punks

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:

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.

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

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

This a Small Business Airport
Private Land

No More Demos

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

'Climate crisis is a racist crisis'

:facepalm:

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

'Climate crisis is a racist crisis'

I literally can't :joker:

Yes they must never let these
Punks delay everyone again

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

From LBC
7 arrested


2 Punks still chained together

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


LBC

They're a ****ing joke.

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.

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.

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.

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

:laugh: LOL.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...07_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/arti...assengers.html

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"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

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

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

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

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

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

After 6 hours
the Airport is now open.

9 Punks arrested

no they were Chained to that Airport steps.


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

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

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:

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

:nono: Stop winding BOTS. :laugh:

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.

ugh I hate people like this