Black Lives Matter crowd "occupy" London City Airport's runway.

0byme75341jo28 · 06-09-2016 11:52AM #1

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

In the latest attention-seeking stunt of the perpetually "marginalised" group, they decided to use boats to invade London city airport, in an attempt to highlight how the "environmental crisis is a racist crisis", and how the "The average salary of a London City Airport user is €136,000..." (I'd like to know where they get these facts), amongst other things.

If they were to be believed, it would seem that this airport is in fact a tool of racist oppression, instead of an opportunity for the local area to benefit from the influx of the super rich (if their stats are somehow correct), and the obvious creation of jobs associated with a busy airport.

What really is their point? How exactly is the environment crisis racist? And more importantly/worryingly, how on earth did airport security allow them on to the runway from a dinghy?

Letree · 06-09-2016 12:03PM

Did you see the photo of them, not one black person among them.

A Little Pony · 06-09-2016 12:03PM

A bunch of weirdos. Tarmac roller right over them.

BoJack Horseman · 06-09-2016 12:04PM

Letree wrote: »

Did you see the photo of them, not one black person among them.

That's because BLM-UK is a front organisation for the SWP.

kingtiger · 06-09-2016 12:05PM

Waiting for our eejits to setup another squat outside the central bank

NoCrackHaving · 06-09-2016 12:06PM

In reality they've probably just used the BLM as a way of getting media attention rather than having anything to do with the group, more news stories will be run rather than if it was a Greens or Climate Action group protest I'd guess.

lawlolawl · 06-09-2016 12:06PM

Treat it as a terrorist attack and deal with the perpetrators as such.

Disappear a few guilty white SJWS and we'll see an end to a lot of this assclownery.

me_irl · 06-09-2016 12:07PM

...and not one of them "occupying" jobs.

*laugh track*

lawlolawl · 06-09-2016 12:12PM

me_irl wrote: »

...and not one of them "occupying" jobs.

*laugh track*

Just because you want to sell out to the man and wear a suit and tie. Baa Baa!

I've got more important things to do like being an utter ****ing nuisance to normal people whilst trying to make some kind of ill conceived point!

/depends on the government completely for their income, housing and health care

**** the system!

Dr Crayfish · 06-09-2016 12:23PM

Nothing to do with London. Grade A morons.

Tipsy McSwagger · 06-09-2016 12:29PM

Black Lives Matter will turn people into racists.

SEPT 23 1989 · 06-09-2016 12:41PM

would a few bodies really do much damage to the landing gear on a heavy plane

only one way to find out

Permabear · 06-09-2016 12:47PM

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BoJack Horseman · 06-09-2016 12:48PM

Permabear wrote: »

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I think Clarkson did on Top Gear a couple of years ago.

NoCrackHaving · 06-09-2016 12:51PM

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Quite a lot of airports are built beside water when you think about it.

gctest50 · 06-09-2016 12:59PM

NoCrackHaving wrote: »

Quite a lot of airports are built beside water when you think about it.

High time to start using live rounds then before idiots get ideas ?

Flint Fredstone · 06-09-2016 01:13PM

I'll laugh my arse off when these bellends get 12 months or so in prison.

Widdershins · 06-09-2016 01:15PM

Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »

Black Lives Matter will turn people into racists.

It will just make people more anti-eejit than ever. To be fair plenty of black people have said that BLM don't represent them and that they have no mandate to act as their voice.

0byme75341jo28 · 06-09-2016 01:34PM

Flint Fredstone wrote: »

I'll laugh my arse off when these bellends get 12 months or so in prison.

They'll probably get a suspended sentence or community service..

Riddle101 · 06-09-2016 01:40PM

I don't mind peaceful protests, but I lose sympathy with protesters when they become obstructive, and stop people from getting on with their day to day lives. All I can think about are the people at the airport who might have their flights delayed because of this.

brevity · 06-09-2016 01:43PM

The best way to get people on your side is to first not piss them off. Especially people who have paid money to travel somewhere.

Dohnjoe · 06-09-2016 01:48PM

They wouldn't be so fast to do this if one of the possible consequences was losing access to welfare

biko · 06-09-2016 01:50PM

I liked BLM when they focused on the issue at hand, blacks getting shot by US police.

As soon as it spread beyond that I knew the movement was lost because SJWs will appropriate any similar movement and destroy them slowly.

runawaybishop · 06-09-2016 02:02PM

Widdershins wrote: »

To be fair plenty of black people have said that BLM don't represent them and that they have no mandate to act as their voice.

Looks like some of the cops that arrested them are black. :pac::pac::pac:

Flint Fredstone · 06-09-2016 02:11PM

Royce Important Racer wrote: »

They'll probably get a suspended sentence or community service..

I would be very surprised if there's no custodial sentence. I'd imagine the worst place to pull a stunt like this in Britain is an airport.

osarusan · 06-09-2016 02:40PM

brevity wrote: »

The best way to get people on your side is to first not piss them off.

I don't think BLM (or at least, people making decisions about activist activities) have ever been concerned about getting people on their side.

They just seem to want to protest to get attention, and not even talk about any particular issues, because that might give them less cause to protest.

Actual advocates (and people within BLM who want to actually work on actual issues) must be tearing their hair out.

YFlyer · 06-09-2016 02:42PM

Permabear wrote: »

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Was done at Shannon Airport in protest of US aircraft been refuelled on the way to Iraq and Afghanistan.

Wigglepuppy · 06-09-2016 03:01PM

Flint Fredstone wrote: »

I would be very surprised if there's no custodial sentence. I'd imagine the worst place to pull a stunt like this in Britain is an airport.

Probably more lenient than the US or France though.

andekwarhola · 06-09-2016 03:05PM

I didn't follow the link but I'm guessing the protest has a high proportion of white, middle-class people with no jobs?

BrokenArrows · 06-09-2016 03:09PM

Why the **** are BLM (But not really because they were all white) protesting in the UK. The UK doesnt have a murdering black people problem, thats a US problem.

And why the **** did it take so long to clear them out. The pictures show dozens of vehicles, 20-30 police, ambulances etc and hours of closures.

And i cant believe they even made it that far. Surely the UK airports have an armed response units who should have been activated immediately that they began trespassing on the airport property and they shouldnt have had time to dig in.

What a joke.

super_furry · 06-09-2016 03:33PM

American police are killing black American citizens, so some white English people hold up an English airport.

Not really seeing the connection myself.

Black Lives Matter crowd "occupy" London City Airport's runway.

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