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Man arrested after Bridge chaos Updated: 08:25, Friday May 13, 2011 The Sydney Harbour Bridge has been reopened after a man climbed on top to make a protest. The man was arrested just before 7am (AEST), police said. The protest threw the city into traffic chaos as police, concerned for his welfare, closed the vital arterial to all traffic and public transport. The man, who has called a number of media outlets to voice his protest, used ropes to make his climb and unfurl two pink and white banners reading, 'plz help my kids' and 'kids first'. The man, who said he was 'ex-military', spoke to Triple M radio. 'There are systematic fails in both federal and state governments .... the police and also the school systems that are letting our children down. And the children don't have a voice,' the man told Triple M radio. He said 'there is a major failure in the fact that there's no-one looking after our kids when parents separate and divorce.' 'I've been pushed and pushed and pushed. I'm not just doing this for me, I'm doing this for my kids.' The man said he has equipment which could cause dangers to commuters, so left a note with his truck to close the bridge. He is waiting to speak with police in order to see some 'policy changes.' NSW Transport had advised commuters to delay their departure from home or expect major delays.
The man said he has equipment which could cause dangers to commuters, so left a note with his truck to close the bridge.
Originally posted by InvisibleAlbatross
The man said he has equipment which could cause dangers to commuters, so left a note with his truck to close the bridge.
This sounds more like a threat than a protest.
Originally posted by InvisibleAlbatross
The man said he has equipment which could cause dangers to commuters, so left a note with his truck to close the bridge.
This sounds more like a threat than a protest.
Originally posted by Caji316
If we all would do this we could end this rule of evil and madness over us.
Originally posted by Becoming
reply to post by kjburto
I don't care if he has the best of intentions.
He says he has equipment that can endanger innocent lives so they better close the bridge or someone could get hurt. Sounds like the ultimatiums terroists have used in the past.
I hope this guy gets one to the head, but I will settle for life in prison.
Originally posted by Becoming
reply to post by kjburto
I don't care if he has the best of intentions.
He says he has equipment that can endanger innocent lives so they better close the bridge or someone could get hurt. Sounds like the ultimatiums terroists have used in the past.
I hope this guy gets one to the head, but I will settle for life in prison.
Originally posted by Becoming
reply to post by kjburto
I don't care if he has the best of intentions.
He says he has equipment that can endanger innocent lives so they better close the bridge or someone could get hurt. Sounds like the ultimatiums terroists have used in the past.
I hope this guy gets one to the head, but I will settle for life in prison.
Originally posted by just_julie
Originally posted by Becoming
reply to post by kjburto
I don't care if he has the best of intentions.
He says he has equipment that can endanger innocent lives so they better close the bridge or someone could get hurt. Sounds like the ultimatiums terroists have used in the past.
I hope this guy gets one to the head, but I will settle for life in prison.
I can't believe you are comparing this guy to a terrorist....
He obviously left the note with good intentions so nobody accidentally got hurt. It wasn't a threat. More like, an OHS safety sign!!
Originally posted by Becoming
Originally posted by just_julie
Originally posted by Becoming
reply to post by kjburto
I don't care if he has the best of intentions.
He says he has equipment that can endanger innocent lives so they better close the bridge or someone could get hurt. Sounds like the ultimatiums terroists have used in the past.
I hope this guy gets one to the head, but I will settle for life in prison.
I can't believe you are comparing this guy to a terrorist....
He obviously left the note with good intentions so nobody accidentally got hurt. It wasn't a threat. More like, an OHS safety sign!!
So if I left a note stating that I'm staging a protest at a busy intersection and that I have the equipment to harm a bunch of people so you better shut it down, then I'm in the clear because I left a note?
I guess all those people who are blowing up cars in Iraq are in the right also because they plainly said that if we don't leave they will kill innocents.
Originally posted by wagtail
I'm in Sydney, and my company was hampered by the traffic created by this guys protest.
We listen to Triple M and we love it!
I support and applaud his right to protest...
I don't think society does it enough anymore. And I mean individually.
Stuff the idiots who group together with their pack mentality to protest- safety in numbers etc I understand more voices = more attention sometimes but still, Mick stood up for something he believed in and his voice may have been drowned out and overwhelmed by the beeps and snarls of angry commuters but it was carried and heard by people open to his message.
And if that's what it takes in this day and age than that's what it takes.
I wish I had his courage.
Let's not confuse terrorism with individual free speech. You don't have to be a terrorist to understand how modern society has driven every day people to desperation.
Originally posted by Becoming
reply to post by kjburto
Hey whatever man, I guess its ok as long as the message he has is the one you want to hear.
You guys continue on with your love fest of this guy, I'm getting out of bizzaro world while I can.
Hello.