From the article:
"Spokespeople from the activist group said these were the longest sentences for peaceful climate protest in British history."
Their definition of "peaceful" is a bit different from mine. When you create traffic chaos you have moved past the "peaceful" stage.
Also from the article:
"Collery said: “You have to be punished for the chaos you caused and to deter others from copying you.” The judge said Trowland, who has six previous convictions relating to protests, had a “leading role”. Decker had one previous protest-related conviction."
It appears the judge agrees with me.
next time they should just used sniper rifles to get them down....zero recidivism rate.
The end of “fossil” fuels is the end of food.
Should have been five years. Preventing an ambulance carrying a desperately ill patient from getting to the hospital...or causing a worker to lose his job because he was late for work...is worth five. At least.