Climate activist Greta Thunberg has been charged with disobeying police in Sweden last month during a port blockade.
Ms Thunberg, 20, joined a group of young protesters as they stopped oil tankers from entering and exiting the port in Malmö.
On Wednesday, the Swedish newspaper Sydsvenskan reported that she was detained on June 19, along with an unspecified number of other activists, for refusing to leave the scene when asked to do so by officers.
She could face up to six months in prison or a fine if convicted.
After all, it is the risk of punishment that lends power to the protest.
Right?
I must admit I feel the punishment is far too mild. But I’m sure Greta and the Swedes would point out that we’re even more limp-wristed.
2018: 16-year-old Greta Thunberg: Why haven’t *YOU* (people older than me) done anything, you HORRORS!
2018: 16-year-old Ann Makosinski: Ooo, thermocouple efficiency has increased (by developments by people older than me) to so much, LED lighing current use has decreased (by developments by people older than me) to so much, wow! crossing point, invents a torch powered by the heat of the hand holding it.
From poster child to martyr. No thanks. Just a huge fine.
Or we could put in a call to the Clinton Family? Exile her to Saudi Arabia?
If they are going to turn her into a martyr then do it properly :
The Greta Wheel ?
A shrine at Bury St Greta ?
Greta in the lions’ den ?
The Greta whicker man/woman/other
Have Warner Bros finished casting their LOTR remake? I still think she’d be perfect as Gollum. How dare you preciousssss.
Minnie the Minx.
According to Greta, she was supposed to be dead from CLIMATE CHANGE by now.
Have Warner Bros finished casting their LOTR remake? I still think she’d be perfect as Gollum. How dare you preciousssss.
Then Phoebe Waller-Bridge would have a rival for the most annoying woman in film. And given that Brie Larson is already in Hollywood, that’s saying something.
I’m not too happy with there being an offence of refusing to obey police. If she blocked taker movements, there should be an offence of obstruction, which would apply regardless of the presence of not of police. Equally, in the absence of a real offence, like obstruction, the police should not have the power to order people about.
I’m not too happy with there being an offence of refusing to obey police.
Come visit Chicago, LA, Philadelphia, SF, Portland, NYC, Seattle, Milwaukee and DC. Walk the streets. Enjoy the friendly natives. Study their unusual customs. Then get back to us about what makes you unhappy.
I don’t think there being an offense for refusing to obey the police will be topping your list.
Seems keelhauling would be the appropriate way to go, what with the tanker available and all.
Just make her live her life without any of the benefits of fossil fuels.
Refusing to obey the police is just the Swedish way of saying “obstructing the police in the course of their duty”*. Don’t get too precious over it.
*What, of course, they should be doing the JSO cunts for.
@Barks: They were road tankers being blocked not ships.