Angelo ParodiJul 24, 2023
Bread and Circuses

She's not just talking the talk.

Greta Thunberg is walking the walk.
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Climate activist Greta Thunberg has been found guilty by a Swedish court of disobeying a police order at a protest in Malmo last month.

The 20-year-old avoided a potential prison sentence and has been fined. She pleaded not guilty and told the court: "My actions are justifiable," according to the Sydsvenskan newspaper.

Greta was charged because she refused to comply with police orders to leave the scene during the protest, according to Swedish Prosecution Authority spokeswoman Annika Collin and a statement from prosecutors.

When the protestors were ordered to move to allow vehicles to pass, Greta was among those who refused. She was then dragged away by police.

Earlier in the year, the climate activist was briefly detained by police in Oslo during a protest against wind farms built on Indigenous land in Norway. She was also detained during protests against the demolition of the coal village of Luetzerath in Germany in January.
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FULL STORY -- https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/07/24/greta-thunberg-appears-in-swedish-court-to-face-charge-of-disobeying-police-at-a-climate-p

#Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #ClimateAction

Greta Thunberg receives fine over climate protest in Sweden

She told Swedish media that she will not be appealing the verdict.

euronews
Jul 24, 2023 at 1:30pmWeb
Show threadAdrian MoralesJul 24, 2023

@breadandcircuses While I appreciate her dedication, her ways are seriously flawed. Instead of constantly getting arrested, why not:

- join NGOs that care for the environment, legally.
- talk to influential people who will help you pass legislation in favour of protecting the environment.
- promote inventors and those with ideas on how to combat Climate Change and Global Warming.
- be a Pacifist in order to gain the support of the public.

Show threadSarah Peper 🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦Jul 24, 2023
@adrianmorales @breadandcircuses because that has been tried. And failed. Repeatedly.
Show threadMagnus AhltorpJul 24, 2023
@adrianmorales @breadandcircuses ”promote inventors”? It’s not like we don’t know what to do. It’s a question of choosing between a much worse climate and total disaster. Choosing.
Show threadClinton Anderson SwordForHireJul 24, 2023
@breadandcircuses She can absolutely afford to pay the fine.... And probably not even notice the financial hit.
Show threadNed YeungJul 24, 2023

@breadandcircuses

If they can't even disrupt traffic, then the protest has no effect. Justifiable is correct.

In Canada, we have a problem with White Nationalists being able to completely disrupt cross-border traffic, trade, and commerce to spread hate speech, with the backing of local police, while they make it illegal for Indigenous people to block passage of for-profit private oil corporations from crossing their land for the sole purpose of ravaging more land for private profit. #cdnpoli

Show threadDave VolekJul 24, 2023

@breadandcircuses

I wonder when the activists will realize it's kind of futile trying to bend the will of those overly ambitious people who aspire for status, influence, and power. The activists need to start working on a new democracy.

#tiereddemocraticgovernance

Show threadJenJul 24, 2023

@breadandcircuses

How bad do you suppose the extreme weather events need to become before a plea of self-defense is accepted by the courts?

Show threadMick PopeJul 25, 2023
@JetlagJen @breadandcircuses Well it works for the fossil fuel industry to date
Show threadBerkJul 25, 2023
@JetlagJen @breadandcircuses the emergency defence or necessity defence has been used successfully before. This article is a few years old now but a good starting place: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1037969X211028967
Show threadJenJul 25, 2023

@stuvx @breadandcircuses I can only see the abstract. It seems to be an argument for it, rather than evidence it's happening?

This suggests courts are getting stricter on it, rather than starting to accept it more: https://theconversation.com/environmental-activists-on-trial-barred-from-citing-climate-crisis-in-their-defence-200018

Environmental activists on trial barred from citing climate crisis in their defence

Defendants are increasingly unable to explain their actions to a jury.

The Conversation
Show threadKikoKateJul 25, 2023
@breadandcircuses The face of “good trouble” eh?