Police use water cannon, detain 2,400 climate activists

3 years ago by BrikoX to c/globalnews

Police deployed water cannon to disperse thousands of climate activists protesting on a highway in the Netherlands on Saturday to demand an end to government subsidies for the fossil fuel industry.
Izzgo 50 points 3 years ago

"The seas are rising and so are we!"

Good chant.

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Hyperreality 43 points 3 years ago

“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable."

John F. Kennedy

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tallwookie 2 points 3 years ago
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Robbsen1 4 points 3 years ago

Why not?

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CookieJarObserver -5 points 3 years ago
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Angry_Maple 1 point 3 years ago

You should look more into human history when you have time.

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CookieJarObserver 1 point 3 years ago
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Angry_Maple 0 points 3 years ago

Did you not hear about revolutions and uprisings in history? History didn't just magically stop 100 years ago.

Good to know no that kingdoms were overthrown, though. You should really submit your proof to historians, though, I'm sure they would love to see it.

I don't think our conversation will go anywhere. Have a good one.

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18107 16 points 3 years ago

Protests are either inconvenient or ineffective.

I hope these protests work. Fossil fuel companies don't need more subsidies.

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Lyrata 12 points 3 years ago

The protesters will block this same stretch of road every single day from now until fossil fuel subsidies are ended. Every day, for as long as necessary

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awwwyissss 5 points 3 years ago

It's mind blowing that our taxes line the pockets of the fossil fuel sociopaths destroying our planet

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CookieJarObserver -7 points 3 years ago
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iHUNTcriminals 9 points 3 years ago

Looks like it's going to turn into a sex party.

Next time bring bubble soap and chase the cops with it.

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PersonalDevKit 6 points 3 years ago

I'm not sure if that is the right photo somehow, or these people are not so worried about the water cannon. The people in the front are wearing swimwear, and the people in the back seem to be cheering for it to go to them.

Generally water cannons hit so hard they knock people off their feet, or wake people atleast run away.

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tweeks 6 points 3 years ago

I was also curious and found that this is probably a different warning nozzle, one that creates mist especially just to wetten groups of people. It seems different nozzles can be used, stronger nozzles are used when people do not leave.

Source (in Dutch)

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joaojeronimo 4 points 3 years ago

That's a double blow to the activists tomorrow they'll be protesting the use of fossil fuels AND the waste of fresh water in cannons

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CookieJarObserver -43 points 3 years ago
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Alto 14 points 3 years ago

Are you saying good to the fact that the protests are happening or good to blatant police brutality

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metallic_substance 11 points 3 years ago

I have a pretty good guess

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