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Snellius

(6,881 posts)
Sat Jul 14, 2018, 05:53 AM Jul 2018

Police search for Trump protester who breached no-fly zone

Source: Guardian

Police are continuing to search for a paragliding Greenpeace protester who broke through the no-fly zone surrounding Donald Trump’s Turnberry golf resort on Friday evening, to fly past the US president as he entered the Scottish hotel.

Despite efforts to keep protesters away from the presidential party, the paraglider flew past police snipers and in front of the hotel, apparently in view of the president, trailing a banner reading “Trump well below par”.

Police Scotland said on Saturday morning that “inquiries were ongoing to trace the person responsible” as more protesters began to gather for a second day of demonstrations. By 8.30am, people were congregating by the police cordon around the resort carrying banners and placards, with thousands more expected to attend demonstrations across the country.

Greenpeace said it had alerted police to the protest minutes in advance. The spokesman Ben Stewart said: “Theresa May should not have dignified Trump with a visit to the UK. The vast majority of British people are appalled by his words and deeds. He is, simply, the worst president ever. That’s why we flew over him with a message branding him well below par.”



Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/14/police-search-donald-trump-protester-breached-no-fly-zone-scotland-turnberry-uk-visit

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Police search for Trump protester who breached no-fly zone (Original Post) Snellius Jul 2018 OP
So much for the 'ring of steel' the British tabloids have been breathlessly touting. Scurrilous Jul 2018 #1
Where there is a will, there is a way! pazzyanne Jul 2018 #2
The search continues tavernier Jul 2018 #3
When the person is found.... kacekwl Jul 2018 #4
Crowd fund bail money? irisblue Jul 2018 #5
The orange shit stain would have had him shot from the air. nt Ferrets are Cool Jul 2018 #6
The Big Baby has NO sense of humor. At all. Snellius Jul 2018 #7
Punch him verbally and he will punch back....if someone Ferrets are Cool Jul 2018 #9
Video: Flies right in their face! Snellius Jul 2018 #8

tavernier

(12,375 posts)
3. The search continues
Sat Jul 14, 2018, 07:54 AM
Jul 2018

“Dinna fash, we will find the rascal.
Ian, did ya look behind that tree, man?”

“Oh, aye. The one next to it, too. No luck.”

*laughter*

Snellius

(6,881 posts)
7. The Big Baby has NO sense of humor. At all.
Sat Jul 14, 2018, 08:39 AM
Jul 2018

Mockery and sarcasm, especially as the butt of the joke, must just drive him up the wall. Punch him and he'll punch back. But laugh at him and he blows up like sticking a pin in an over-inflated balloon.

Ferrets are Cool

(21,105 posts)
9. Punch him verbally and he will punch back....if someone
Sat Jul 14, 2018, 11:02 AM
Jul 2018

ever actually punched him with a fist ( I know that will never happen now) he would curl up in a ball and cry.

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