One of the Extinction Rebellion arseholes has been goaled. Well, good. Except.
But he was found guilty in July after a jury deliberated for less than an hour and on Friday Perrins sentenced him to 12 months in prison, of which he will serve half.
He should serve all twelve. And the airline and the passengers disrupted by his puerile stunt should sue him to penury. Only by making these people hurt will they be forced to stop this nonsense. If the law will not act decisively – and good for this judge for gaoling the bugger in this case – then those affected need to use civil law to claim damages. And if the scumbags go bankrupt then all well and good. Perhaps it will deter others from pulling the same stunts in future.
Brown, who represented himself at his trial, denied one count of causing a public nuisance, claiming he had “to do something spectacular” to draw attention to the climate crisis.
No, you didn’t. There is no climate crisis and you are nothing other than a petulant, spoiled child. You caused harm to people who did no harm to you. You behaved badly and actions have consequences, so suck it up.
The judge told Brown: “It is important that those who are tempted to seriously disrupt the lives of ordinary members of the public in the way that you did and then seek to justify it in the name of protest understand that they will face serious consequences.
“There is a clear dividing line between legitimate protest and deliberate offending, and you knowingly crossed it.”
Yes. This. Precisely. And coming down hard on those who cross that line is the only way to stop it. Now for those scum who have been blocking the M25 and now Dover. Round them up, charge and prosecute them, then send them to goal for a good long time. Frankly, throw away the key.
“It is also important to note that although you claim your actions were intended as a protest, you targeted not those with the power and influence to bring about the change you wish to see, but ordinary people going about their daily lives. That was a calculated decision on your part.”
This is the MO of these people. It’s because they are cowards. Let’s see them go to China and bring Beijing to a standstill and see how that pans out.
Raj Chada, from HJA solicitors, the firm representing Brown, said: “We are shocked that James has been sentenced to 12 months’ prison. This a dangerous judgment for our right to free speech, our right to protest and for those who campaign on environmental issues.”
Fuck all to do with free speech as the judge made clear. No one has prevented this man from speaking. What he did was criminal and he now has to pay the price. He can weep as much as he likes, there will be no sympathy from me and, I suspect, a good few others.
“Brown, who represented himself at his trial,…”
“Raj Chada, from HJA solicitors, the firm representing Brown,…”
Interesting contradiction. Trying to claim that this is a free speech issue is highly disingenuous. Climate Crisis is a useful term as there is no need to define it, so that it can mean whatever they want it to.
Yes, it is disingenuous, but then that’s what they do. This is emphatically not a free speech issue, it is a breaking the law issue. As for the climate crisis – that’s just pure junk science.
“Raj Chada, from HJA solicitors, the firm representing Brown,…”
Legal aid perhaps? Even in punishing him, he’s making us pay.
Wholly agree about using civil law.
You are absolutely right LR. Personally i think these scum deserve a bullet.
Ultimately, they are Marxists who have just enough self awareness to realise that they won’t win at the ballot box, so use the climate as a Trojan horse for their blackmail attempts. This is a war we need to win and win decisively. So I’m fine with total destruction.
Can’t we tag them in some way while forbidding them from using anything that has been produced or transported using fossil fuels? We can then run a book on whether they die of starvation or hypothermia.
Raj Chada is basically a political activist himself:
Rajesh Chada, known as Raj Chada, is a lawyer and Labour politician in England. He was the Leader of Camden London Borough Council from 2005 to 2006 and a councillor for Gospel Oak between 2002 and 2006.
He is a top criminal solicitor specialising in defending protesters and he is regularly quoted in the national press. He has been covered in major newspapers for defending 300 Extinction Rebellion activists, the Stansted Fifteen, nine Black Lives Matter protesters at Heathrow, protesters at DSEI, UK Uncut’s sit-in in Fortnum and Masons, and Johnny Marbles. He is described by Chambers and Partners as having “a strong reputation for his work representing political protesters and other individuals charged with public order offences”
Time for extinction rebellion to go extinct.
“…then send them to goal for a good long time…”
Or send them to Gaul. Let the French have them, teach both of them a lesson. 🙂
They should round them all up, take their wallets and deposit them on Stornoway and make them walk home