The Eco-vandals You end 2023 with a good result, so to speak. Climate activists Extinction Rebellion – also known as XR – blocked part of the main motorway (the A10, editor's note) for hours. Amsterdam, near the former headquarters of ING Bank, to protest against its fossil fuel financing. The “Gretini” went into action shortly after noon and quickly moved towards the guard rails on the Ringstrasse, which they wanted to occupy. “Change or die,” the banner that some protesters unfurled. Immediately afterwards, a second group, much larger than the first, joined the protest. Police immediately arrived on the scene without intervening to stop another blatant protest.
XR activists decided to target one of Amsterdam's main arteries to cause as much damage as possible. “ING out of oil and gas, now!” reads a series of posters from environmentalists. Other eco-vandals, however, stuck their hands to the road surface, another classic move by Thunberg's followers. The officers present on site closed this section of the highway and began the crime Clearing operations In the afternoon: The climate was absolutely peaceful, the authorities said, and dozens of demonstrators were present arrested for ignoring commands to end the blockade.
The mayor of Amsterdam described the motorway blockade as “irresponsible” and pointed out that cars were traveling at 100 kilometers per hour on this stretch. Without forgetting the nearby VUmc hospital: “Ambulances must be able to reach the hospital at all times,” the community says angrily. We also recall that Mayor Femke Halsema had already banned an XR demonstration last week and had taken the same approach for today's event. And the protest came despite ING announcing it would accelerate its moves to phase out loans for fossil fuel exploration. But according to the climate fanatics, the exit plan is not going fast enough: “We demand that ING immediately stop all financing of fossil fuels. Every day people around the world die due to the climate and environmental crisis. That has to stop.”
As the Telegraaf points out, this is the prosecution investigate around twenty activists who started the demonstration. Of these, seven had already been handcuffed because they had “intentionally caused a danger in traffic.” The prosecutor emphasized that the police did not take immediate action to block the protest because the activists were not violent and, above all, there were not enough police officers: “The main goal of the action was to put an end to criminal behavior , and the police did it.” “.
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Be seen in public with a serious look. It was also read about him one last time that he had been carried out…There is also a place for the terrugziet on the landscape.
Elchart is ashamed of himself. #ExtinctionRebellion #A10pic.twitter.com/0g2ndHI1OY— Gert-Wim Dubbeldam (@gwdubbeldam) December 30, 2023