The Blockade Australia climate protesters, who have been wreaking havoc on Sydney’s streets for the past two days, have chosen “spaghetti” as a code word.
On Tuesday, as the police moved in, the demonstrators were heard shouting the phrase as they made their way towards Hyde Park.
Spaghetti is slang for members to scatter and run off in all ways.
When police began to arrest protesters, the word eventually put an end to the demonstrations.
As the throng stormed through the CBC for another crazy day of climate change protests, police shoved a female Blockade Australia demonstrator to the ground.
A police officer violently shoved the activist over and sent her tumbling to the ground after ripping a sizable group flag from of her hands.
As police ran into the protestors and arrested 12 people, other protesters were also smacked around by police.
What do we want? was shouted by the mob as they ran through the city, according to a Facebook live feed of the event. Justice on climate!
Three police officers hauled one man away while he yelled, “This is not a violent protest!”
The organization said pepper spray was used on several of its members in a tweet.
Approximately 50 members were visible during the incident on Tuesday, many of them were wearing face masks, as a long line of police officers moved alongside.
According to a protestor who was recording the event on camera, “This is about all the things that are vital for life to live on earth.”
While two males were being carried away in handcuffs, police were spotted interviewing one woman.
James Woods, another participant, stated that the human species was “teetering on the brink of catastrophic collapse.”
The most existential threat to our species that we have ever faced is a catastrophic climate breakdown, and the Australian system is pushing us straight past the point of no return, he said.
There is no chance for significant reform within this system. Australia was built to be an extraction and exploitation enterprise, and we have little hope of surviving without a complete upheaval of this project.
The organization has asked more Australians to join them on Wednesday for another day of anarchy.
The activists would suffer the effects, according to NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet.
These people are stupid, divisive, disrespectful, and bloody idiots who will face the full power of the law, he told 2GB. “It can’t go on much longer,” he said.
It’s an organized campaign; these are not isolated events.
Senator Matt Canavan of the LNP referred to the demonstrators as “environmental terrorists” and demanded that those who break the law be subjected to the “full power of the law.”
This demonstrates the foolishness of engaging in negotiations with eco-terrorists. These people will never be content,’ he said on Tuesday morning’s Sky News.
“Give them an inch, and they will take a mile.” They aim to stop using coal in 2020, and we committed to net zero.
They aim to intimidate and threaten others into submission because they have no understanding how the world operates.
“We must resist it and stop speaking about it.”
“People who breach the law should be arrested and subjected to the full power of the law with no room for mercy.”
He called the demonstrators “irrational and violent.”
Tanya Plibersek, the environment minister, had supported the right to demonstrate, but insisted that those who participate in it must adhere to the law.
On Monday, amid similar protests where hundreds of people stopped off traffic in several areas, six women and four men, ages 21 to 49, from three states were detained and charged.
A number of offenses including the wilful obstruction of a person or vehicle’s free passage were brought against the group.
Except for one, all were denied bail to appear in Central or Downing Center Court on Tuesday, when they may face significant penalties and up to two years in prison.
After Blockade Australia issued a warning about additional disruptions, police launched Strike Force Guard and vowed to maintain a very visible presence in the CBD for the remainder of the week.
Acting Assistant Commissioner Paul Dunstan said, “It is intolerable that a tiny number of persons, who have little to no regard for everyday people going about their lives, are causing unnecessary interruptions to their daily commute.”
“What these people are doing is illegal and unsafe, endangering the lives of themselves, members of the public, and our officers by rushing on the roadways and obstructing roads in other ways to impede traffic,” the statement reads.
Numerous specialized officers, including members of the Public Order and Riot Squad, Mounted Police, Rescue Squad, Dog Squad, Traffic and Highway Patrol, and Transit Police, were sent to help with the operation.
The acts of the protesters were denounced by the NSW government on all sides.
Deputy Premier Paul Toole remarked, “I would say this to the protesters: Go and get a real job.”
“Go and speak to someone who has genuinely been late for work today.”
Protesters are subject to fines of up to $22,000 and a two-year prison sentence.