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‘We won’t stop’ activist chopping Khan's cameras down breaks silence
London Evening Standard ^ | May 1 | By Barney Davis

Posted on 05/02/2023 11:30:45 PM PDT by RandFan

A masked man who has claimed to have ripped down the Mayor of London’s Ulez (Ultra Low Emission Zone) cameras has said his group will not stop until they have all been destroyed.

Drivers will be asked to pay £12.50-a-day to travel in Greater London from August 29, if their vehicle doesn’t meet certain environmental standards causing some activists to take matters into their own hands.

The balaclava-clad vandal, a father in his mid-40s, said he was part of a group called Blade Runners and told MailOnline he dismantled 34 himself.

“We are going to take down every single one no matter what,” he told MailOnline.

“In terms of damage it’s way more than what [Sadiq Khan and Transport for London] have stated. It’s at least a couple of hundred.

“Snipping, damaging with hammers, painting, disabling on a circuit level and removing. They are unbolted and they are snipped.

“The tools they use to install them are the ones we use to remove it. We don’t want this. It’s a way to try to... restrict our movements.

“F*** them. It will not happen because we haven’t done anything to deserve it.”

The Met said it does not believe it has investigated damage to Ulez cameras.

A spokesperson told LBC: “Obviously there’s potential for the potential offences to be investigated as, for instance, criminal damage or theft.”

A spokesperson for Mr Khan said: “It is deeply disappointing to see opposition to a policy being used as an excuse for criminal damage.

“This petty vandalism of London’s essential transport infrastructure is completely unacceptable.”

(Excerpt) Read more at standard.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: automotive; ecofascism; europe; london; spying
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hahah now this is the kind of direct action I like!
1 posted on 05/02/2023 11:30:45 PM PDT by RandFan
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Oh, so NOW they mayor is concerned about crime, when it affects his ability to n control the masses and bring in income.


2 posted on 05/03/2023 12:15:29 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith….)
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All the idiot had to do was put a tax on the resale value of used vehicles. Prolly would have gone without a hitch.


3 posted on 05/03/2023 12:24:00 AM PDT by period end of story (Unvaxxed for my protection.)
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This is how you actually monkey-wrench the vile leftist/globalist/WEF/UN anti-human agendas. You take direct action against them and you don't stop until the bastards cave in. Bravo to these brave, clearheaded, freedom-loving folks!

Oh, wait a minute, always take the "high road" against those intent on enslaving and impoverishing you because that has worked so well to derail their agendas, right? Plus, FBI informants and plants lurk around every corner so you must never organize and/or protest against these pigs. Booooo!!!!

4 posted on 05/03/2023 12:57:13 AM PDT by Rocco DiPippo
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I support the fox, man.

We here in IL had red light cams go up - they are notorious, especially as you get nearer to Chicago - and one intersection near my home had the camera removed by vandals repeatedly. They gave up and left the intersection without one after they went through maybe five. Those suckers are expensive.

Some guy has a pile of red light cams in their garage, and theat thought makes me laugh.


5 posted on 05/03/2023 1:08:39 AM PDT by Tacrolimus1mg (Do no harm, but take no sh!t.)
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To: Tacrolimus1mg

If my wwii father and his cohort were alive every government camera would have been shot out upon installation. And the crime that purportedly engendered those cameras would not had been tolerated.

The wild crime that is now permitted by the government is to stir up fear and permit easier installation of draconian police state measures.


6 posted on 05/03/2023 1:31:24 AM PDT by Chickensoup (Genocide is here. Leftist extremists are spearhheading the Genocide against conservatives. )
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"A spokesperson for Mr Khan said: “It is deeply disappointing to see opposition to a policy being used as an excuse for criminal damage. except when we do it “This petty vandalism of London’s essential transport infrastructure is completely unacceptable.except when we do it”"

There, fixed it

7 posted on 05/03/2023 1:50:05 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare)
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[Drivers will be asked to pay £12.50-a-day to travel in Greater London from August 29, if their vehicle doesn’t meet certain environmental standards causing some activists to take matters into their own hands.]

Wow, what stupidity.


8 posted on 05/03/2023 2:03:53 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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$15.64/day. Ow... Cost of doing business? Nope, pure greed.


9 posted on 05/03/2023 2:38:43 AM PDT by W. (Abortion empowers democrats.)
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I agree, this is the kind of direct action lacking from American conservatives on any issue you can think of.

Here’s my prediction however, this ‘vandal’ or vandals will be caught, and 5x as many of these cameras will be installed in response, with armor protection or simply hidden somehow. Hopefully, this only creates more ‘vandals’ to destroy the new ones.


10 posted on 05/03/2023 2:56:09 AM PDT by KobraKai
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To: SaveFerris

It’s not stupidity.

It’s evil.

And it will continue until we stop complying.


11 posted on 05/03/2023 3:04:05 AM PDT by mewzilla (We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
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To: Chickensoup

Yeah, shoot it out. A lot easier and stealthier. But they gave up their guns. So sorry.


12 posted on 05/03/2023 3:10:10 AM PDT by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.)
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To: Tacrolimus1mg

In the world of GPS trackers that seems imprudent.


13 posted on 05/03/2023 3:16:13 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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To: mewzilla

Gotta control the masses.

And more money to finance the control of the masses.

Plus, pay increases for the oppressors.


14 posted on 05/03/2023 3:28:54 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: RandFan

government by democrats and islam are the direct enemies.


15 posted on 05/03/2023 3:29:47 AM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: SaveFerris

Deep States all over the globe systematically exterminating their middle classes.

This is deliberate and evil.


16 posted on 05/03/2023 3:32:54 AM PDT by mewzilla (We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
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To: RandFan

London can stew in it. They elected him.


17 posted on 05/03/2023 3:52:47 AM PDT by nonliberal (Z.)
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The UK had people that were dealing wit( speed cameras by putting a burning tire on them. I hope they keep up this direct action.


18 posted on 05/03/2023 4:06:57 AM PDT by gunnut
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To: RandFan

At least the French and British citizenry have some balls and stand up


19 posted on 05/03/2023 4:23:09 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: mad_as_he$$

Simple fix: walk to your destination and Leave. The. Cell. Phone. At. Home.


20 posted on 05/03/2023 5:41:06 AM PDT by Maskot (Put every dem/lib in prison........like yesterday!!! )
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