Climate activists convicted of criminal damage after smashing glass door of JP Morgan (www.theguardian.com)

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Five climate change activists have been convicted of smashing a glass revolving door at JP Morgan’s European headquarters after a judge said their beliefs did not “afford them a defence”.

Stephanie Aylett, 29, Pamela Bellinger, 66, Amy Pritchard, 38, Adelheid Russenberger, 32 and Rosemary Webster, 66, used hammers and chisels to cause “many thousands of pounds” of damage during the Extinction Rebellion protest.

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[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 6 points 8 months ago

Now punish the corporations proportionately for the damage and destruction they have caused.

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