Just add this to the charges

Greenpeace bridge protesters blamed for crash on Fred Hartman Bridge

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Crash scene investigators say a van carrying the protesters partially blocked a lane on the northbound side of the bridge, just east of Houston.

A vehicle coming over the bridge around 6:30 a.m. saw the van at the last second, hit the brakes and swerved to avoid hitting it.
Another vehicle then rear-ended the second vehicle.

The driver of the second vehicle suffered minor injuries and was checked out at a nearby clinic, treated and released.

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Now that the driver knows who they were, I bet he's upset at himself for swerving.

Have fun.

he has the skill-set to hang from a rope for several hours? true professional.

GrayMatter said:

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I don't know what's more entertaining: seeing the protesters go through this or seeing everyone's panties get in a wad over this.

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It is costing a ****load of money to prevent operation of the channel to support hurt feelings. If Greenpeace is willing to cover all the costs incurred to make everyone whole, a lot less people would care.

these guys do for environmental awareness what critical mass does for cycling awareness.

Any reason these asshats haven't been arrested yet?

GrayMatter said:

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I don't know what's more entertaining: seeing the protesters go through this or seeing everyone's panties get in a wad over this.

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The ship channel is the engine that drives Houston's economy. These donut punchers have shut it down to bring attention to a nonsense political cause. Which, by the way, shutting down the ship channel forces vessels on the water that are burning bunker fuel, probably the dirtiest fuel in existence today, to return to anchorage, hold at the ship channel sea buoy burning more fuel, and costing every stakeholder in the shipping business serious time and money.

These idiots decided that their stupid pet political stunt is more important than the livelihood of millions of people. And, as a collateral bonus, by shutting down the ship channel, they're causing shipping traffic to pollute more than they would otherwise.

**** 'em. Hopefully some workboats will turn their water cannons on the protestors and hit them until they just fall to their deaths and wash ashore in ships' wakes.

smango05 said:

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Any reason these asshats haven't been arrested yet?

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I'll give you a hint: It starts with a 'L' and ends with an "ina Hidalgo."

blindey said:

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smango05 said:

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Any reason these asshats haven't been arrested yet?

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I'll give you a hint: It starts with a 'L' and ends with an "ina Hidalgo."

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I'll rephrase - any LOGICAL reason?

Besides the crappy County Judge the fanatical Beto supporters voted in? Nope.

I don't think her administration could survive any sort of natural disaster without imploding.

Ag_07 said:

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smango05 said:

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blindey said:

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smango05 said:

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Any reason these asshats haven't been arrested yet?

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I'll give you a hint: It starts with a 'L' and ends with an "ina Hidalgo."

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I'll rephrase - any LOGICAL reason?

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As much we'd like to see it happen that's a pretty risky rescue/arrest mission. It'd be putting LEOs at risk when they're not going anywhere.

As of now lives are not at risk. Bringing them down would be doing just that.

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i get it...i do. but they chose to put their lives at risk so **** 'em.

Finally arrested the spotters...

Ok so as mentioned earlier in the thread, I crossed the bridge at around 6:50 a.m. and did see a wreck. Thought that's all was going on.

They should have arrested them before they even repelled down. If this was in Chambers County that would have happened. Hell, even old Ed Emmett would have shut this **** down.

Lina Hidalgo is an absolute enemy to HC and Houston as we know it.

SWAT officers repelling down to remove them one by one.

From what I caught on the news 2 officers per protester. Protester will be anchored to an officer, the line cut, and both will be lowered to a boat.

Gonna be awhile before they're all down but it's happening.

Would have been so much easier to bring a knife and cut the tops of the lines real quick. Scoop them up with a boat patrol.

Ag_07 said:

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SWAT officers repelling down to remove them one by one.

From what I caught on the news 2 officers per protester. Protester will be anchored to an officer, the line cut, and both will be lowered to a boat.

Gonna be awhile before they're all down but it's happening.

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Is this for real??? If so that's awesome. I bet those SWAT officers are pumped. They live for stuff like this.

I love they didn't give in to their 24 hour protest and arrest them "peacefully".

Ag_07 said:

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SWAT officers repelling down to remove them one by one.

From what I caught on the news 2 officers per protester. Protester will be anchored to an officer, the line cut, and both will be lowered to a boat.

Gonna be awhile before they're all down but it's happening.

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Hopefully they accidentally slam into them with a night stick or a forearm hard enough to dislodge some teeth

Cromagnum said:

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Would have been so much easier to bring a knife and cut the tops of the lines real quick. Scoop them up with a boat patrol.

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Except they would all probably die

Then we wouldn't have to worry about them doing this stupid **** again somewhere else.

Cstrickland05 said:

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Cromagnum said:

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Would have been so much easier to bring a knife and cut the tops of the lines real quick. Scoop them up with a boat patrol.

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Except they would all probably die

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There is a book out called "Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power" that describes a stunt similar to this that Greenpeace pulled at the XOM headquarters in Dallas. Shorty thereafter, Greenpeace was investigated by the IRS. Actions do have consequences.

suburban cowboy said:

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Ok so as mentioned earlier in the thread, I crossed the bridge at around 6:50 a.m. and did see a wreck. Thought that's all was going on.

They should have arrested them before they even repelled down. If this was in Chambers County that would have happened. Hell, even old Ed Emmett would have shut this **** down.

Lina Hidalgo is an absolute enemy to HC and Houston as we know it.

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Wasn't just Hildalgo, the Harris County sheriff is just as guilty for aiding their protest through most of the day - including blocking off 2 lanes of traffic and not hauling their ass off the bridge.

And the idea that you had to put officer's lives at risk to haul the protesters up is stupid. I could have driven a 7.5t Drott there, hooked up to their rope and hauled them up without ever having to do more than slightly lean over the rail.

Cromagnum said:

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Cstrickland05 said:

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Cromagnum said:

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Would have been so much easier to bring a knife and cut the tops of the lines real quick. Scoop them up with a boat patrol.

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Except they would all probably die

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I was concerned for the liability on the cops, not the welfare of the protesters. The gene pool would be better off without this group of winners.

I scrolled thru r/houston to read some quality discussion about the good Greenpeace is doing by forcing us all to stop and think about our carbon footprints and the impending global annihilation. Because, without this kind of attention-whoring, no one ever would have heard of climate change.