Sydney blockade protester bitches that the police lockup food is not to her liking
Thursday, 30 June 2022
Just an fyi to the Surrey hills police station that dry cereal and fruit is not food and that a cheese sandwich is not vegan.Get some real food pls, thanks.Also like, a book would be nice.
Her rant in full
So last night I was refused bail and remanded in custody for taking action with Blockade Australia. Those who know me know that this is not my first arrest. But this one rattled me. Allow me to explain why and apologies for the long post.
Blockade Australia are a climate action group dedicated to disrupting the economic operation of the system of Australia, with the knowledge that it is built on destruction, exploitation and climate breakdown. Yesterday was the first day of a week of actions in Sydney CBD with the rallying cry to resist climate inaction. I joined 150 other people to march through the CBD, briefly pausing at intersections, to push the message of the climate crisis into the mainstream conversation and cause material disruption to the economic capital. I believe in the power of non-violent action. I believe that to move the needle of public attitude and push for justice we need direct action. So when I say we caused minor disruption to traffic it's not an indictment of more disruptive protests. It's just a fact. We held up cars for no more than 5 minutes at each intersection. Despite this, police pursued us from the beginning, grabbing some people and throwing others against walls.
I was arrested with four others after under 30 minutes of moving through the streets and shortly before we dispersed. This was fine for me. I knew I was risking arrest and was prepared for that eventuality. I chatted to a fellow protestor as we rode to the police station and fully expected to be there for a while. In NSW police can hold you for up to 6 hours of investigation time,' which doesn't include waiting in the car, eating, using the toilet, talking to your lawyer and a number of other things. I have been arrested before for taking similar action. I have spent the night in a cell. I've been charged, gone through court, been cuffed by police, pushed by police, thrown by police. I've dealt with the ignominy of peeing in an exposed corner with a camera trained on you and would say I was pretty prepared for this arrest. I was not however prepared to be refused bail.
Bail is basically a guarantee that you'll return to court at an allocated time. Unlike the US (which, sadly, is often our point of reference), it usually does not involve money but is instead a set of restrictions to prevent you re-offending before your court date. Bail can be refused if they think you're likely to not show up to court or if your offences are serious enough for you to be seen as a danger to the community. So why were peaceful climate protestors who made no attempt to hide who they were or what they were doing and who took full responsibility for their actions denied it? This baffles me.
Because I was denied bail I spent 29 hours in police custody. About half of that time was spent in what was essentially a see-through box which looked out on the custody desk and gave me enough room to lie flat with my head pressed against one wall and my feet against another. The other half was spent in a cell with constant cold air blowing and thin blankets. I'm not saying this to complain or scare people. I'm fine. I have no lasting damage. But I am angry. This is how people who stand up for our planet and all life are being treated in this country.
I'm one of the lucky ones. I got out today with strict bail conditions and a court date in 3 weeks. Others who have been arrested in similar circumstances have been detained for days or even weeks. Still others are facing years in prison. If you've seen these people on TV and if even part of you thought that maybe they deserved it remember, those people are me. Do I deserve it? Will I deserve it?
Given the state of the world, whether to act is no longer the choice we have to make. Our planet is dying, talk is essentially of a coming apocalypse. But what this misses is the recognition that for many, the apocalypse has already arrived. I'm talking about the people on the frontlines of the climate crisis. I'm talking about communities ravaged by war and entire societies destroyed by hate and greed. I'm talking about those who live in fear because of who they are and those who are held in detention for seeking safety. And, as I always will be, I'm talking about the billions of land animals and trillions of aquatic animals who are confined,tortured, exploited and murdered for human greed every. Single. Year. Those numbers are incomprehensible to us. We quite simply cannot begin to analytically process that level of suffering. But, if you're like me, we feel it through despair, heartbreak and, far too often, numbness. To act in some way is not a choice in the face of this injustice, it's an obligation.
Dealing with the police feels like playing a game with someone who changes the rules every time they start to lose. But that's the thing. They are losing. Every time we resist, every act of defiance against this unjust system is them losing. The fight for justice sometimes goes in leaps and bounds and we look back and call that history. Most of the time though it feels like slowly and painfully pushing a boulder up a hill and watching it slip back down every time you stop and breathe. Sometimes things feel hopeless but we never know when we're on the edge of a moment where things can change. We just gotta keep pushing.
Despite being shook up this isn't a post about hopelessness. Right now I'm going to take a rest, eat ice cream in bed and probably cry a lot. Then I'll be back out there. Because pushing for change is really all we can do and uniting for a better world is the biggest act of resistance we can take. Break the system, don't let it break you. See you on the streets 
P.S. Of the whole experience the one and only thing that made me cry silently into my blanket was 7 hours in when I had the crushing thought that no one would be waiting for me on the outside. I could do with some company this week if anyone is around. Hit me up.
P.P.S just an fyi to the Surrey hills police station that dry cereal and fruit is not food and that a cheese sandwich is not vegan. Get some real food pls, thanks. Also like, a book would be nice.
Bloody riff raff.
Posted by: Vinnie | Thursday, 30 June 2022 at 03:05 PM
"Some of us are more in this together than others" - Chris Bowen probably
Posted by: underminder | Thursday, 30 June 2022 at 03:05 PM
Then how about kale juice poured down her throat.
Posted by: ShortWellah | Thursday, 30 June 2022 at 03:12 PM
Another immature, naive and ignorant person.
She was ordered to go home to Lismore by a magistrate and ignored that order.
Posted by: Dennis Thompson | Thursday, 30 June 2022 at 03:12 PM
The education revolutionaries will be celebrating.
Posted by: Denise | Thursday, 30 June 2022 at 03:16 PM
Eff off Holly Eckells. Eff off
She says she'll do it again
And they will arrest her again.This time she wont get bail (btw who paid her bail and how much was it?)
Tough shit about the food. Should have taken your kindle with you or downloaded a book on your iPhone.
As for vegan food-she could have scraped the cheese off the bread and fed it to the rats in her cell, what BS
I happen to like dry cereal.
So I want to know, seeing she has been arrested before, does she have a criminal record???
Anywat this crap is all BS
We have suffered mightlily under Covis STASI style oppression here in Australia and the economy is so screwed without having to give more money to Ukraine, to the Pacifics and to the WHO and NATO andother domains for "climate change"
And then I read this--UKRAINIANS ARE DELIBERATELY DESTROYING THEIR GRAIN SILOS AND CROPS SO AS TO BLAME RUSSIA.
I wouldnt eat any crap forom Ukraine because I believe the soil is still radioactive from the Chernobyl fallout. But if the rest of the world want to eat it-thats OK by me.As if the vaccines and Covid werent enough to kill off people...
I quote:
Despite the western media and western government claims to the contrary, in all of the regions of the country under the control of the Ukrainian government the grain stores have been destroyed by the Ukraine military. Brave independent journalists on the ground in Ukraine have been providing the documentary evidence of Ukraine Armed Forces (UAF) destroying and burning grain warehouses and silos. [link]
Alina climbs in the grain silo burned by the Ukrainian army and shows how the armed forces destroyed it đ˝
The tens of thousands of tons of corn beneath their feet have now become worthless and could have fed thousands of people. 3/5 pic.twitter.com/RoopybuMqv
â Jos Quinten (@TaranQ) June 22, 2022
Save the direct evidence videos if you want them. Now that CTH is showing the evidence of Ukraine government burning and destroying the grain these videos will disappear and this Twitter account will likely get removed.
âď¸Ukrainische Armee zerstĂśrt Getreidesilo im Hafen von Mariupol und vernichtet zehntausende Tonnen Mais, die viele Menschen hätten ernähren kĂśnnen.
âď¸AFU destroyed this grain storage in the port of Mariupol. Inhuman.
5/5 pic.twitter.com/L5TsWivxqu
â Jos Quinten (@TaranQ) June 22, 2022
Ukraine military and government officials are destroying grain storage. At the same time fields are burning and the western media are blaming Russia for setting fire to farmland in an effort to destroy the grain harvest.
Simultaneous to these conflicting claims, also keep in mind the New York Times has been reporting the CIA and Pentagon are controlling all military operations from secret operational headquarters in Kyiv [link].
Can you see what is happening?
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/06/29/turkey-drops-opposition-to-sweden-and-finland-joining-nato-biden-approves-f-16-sales-to-turkey/
Again, I repeatâŚ. The NATO justification for war against Russia will come as an outcome of food shortages and western government blaming Vladimir Putin. Toward that end, it is in their interest to destroy food harvests from inside Ukraine in an effort to increase food shortages and support their justification. The CIA is operating there. Can you see what is happening?
NATO and the Western alliance need to position global food shortages on the shoulders of Vladimir Putin in order to justify their war with Russia as a war to stop global famine. Can you see what is happening?"
Posted by: Charlotte | Thursday, 30 June 2022 at 03:23 PM
The CIA is running ops in Ukraine
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/25/us/politics/commandos-russia-ukraine.html
Posted by: Charlotte | Thursday, 30 June 2022 at 03:25 PM
Suck it up princess! It is what it is.
Posted by: Steve | Thursday, 30 June 2022 at 03:30 PM
She was arrested again today for not going home to Lismore as she was instructed to do in the magistrates court yesterday.
I hope she advised Centrelink that she was going away to disrupt the activities of taxpayers in Sydney
Posted by: Dennis Thompson | Thursday, 30 June 2022 at 03:38 PM
The modern Australian education system has a lot to answer for.
So many imbeciles like this one released into society every year.
Her parents must be proud.
Posted by: Grogery | Thursday, 30 June 2022 at 04:03 PM
Wearing a t-shirt no doubt made in the world's biggest polluter, China.
As Bugs Bunny would say, "What a Maroon!"
Posted by: kentlfc | Thursday, 30 June 2022 at 04:04 PM
If she thinks the food in a police station was bad, she should try QANTAS meals. Have often felt in the last few years it should be sent back for breaching the Trades Description Act for masquerading under false pretences as food.
Posted by: Marie | Thursday, 30 June 2022 at 04:09 PM
Some people sre kust dumb.
A bit of 4x2 would fix her up...one way or the other.
There will come a time when these idiots will p!$$ off the wrong person.
The sooner it happens, the happier I will be.
Posted by: wal1957 | Thursday, 30 June 2022 at 04:11 PM
"Blockade Australia are a climate action group dedicated to disrupting the economic operation of the system of Australia, ..."
Well that doesn't sound like non-violent behaviour to me from this sulky, precious and entitled bint who apparently knows more about the World than the rest of us and presumes she has the right to act as she does without consultation with the rest of us except with her fellow 'activists' - really just vandals. By the way has she and her fellow vandals offered a feasible solution to the ills that ail the World, or does she and her mates just want to destroy like an angry toddler and the devil take the hindmost?
Posted by: NTSOG | Thursday, 30 June 2022 at 04:25 PM
FYI swampy.
dry cereal and fruit is vegan
a cheese sandwich is food.
VEGANS ARE MADE OF MEAT.
Posted by: Extreme Centrist | Thursday, 30 June 2022 at 04:33 PM
(after mentioning being refused bail...)
"Those who know me know that this is not my first arrest."
And this boys and girls is what a lack of self awareness looks like.
Seriously can't be that smart.
She has been through the system before, goes out with the clear intent of causing a disruption and doesn't think to plan ahead.
Sympathy? Suck it up. Feel happy you were allowed to keep your phone.
Posted by: MudCrab | Thursday, 30 June 2022 at 04:36 PM
The Courts are far to 'NICE' to these retards - Stick them in a proper jail for a while with really 'NICE' people
Posted by: MikeT (WA) | Thursday, 30 June 2022 at 04:49 PM
What's wrong with bread and water? The bread may be stale, but she can have all the water she can drink.
Posted by: ZK2A | Thursday, 30 June 2022 at 04:51 PM
âI have no lasting damage.â
Maybe not from spending a few hours in the lockup, no.
From the incessant Commie-cult crap youâve been brainwashed with your whole young life - definitely.
Posted by: Truth-in-Footnotes | Thursday, 30 June 2022 at 04:53 PM
Coppers in the Queensland of Joh Bjelke Pedersen would have taught that little madam reverence and respect for the law...
Posted by: ZK2A | Thursday, 30 June 2022 at 04:54 PM
Actually the more you read this the more tragic it gets.
First up, this is here Facebook post.
Facebook.
Who the drokk still uses Facebook?
Then we get to discover that ice cream is a good thing, but cheese is non vegan.
and THEN, we get to the bit where she confesses crying in despair because no one would be waiting for her outside.
What about all your protestor friends, Princess? What about the strong bond of freedom fighters on the edge of oppression, standing shoulder to shoulder, we few, we happy few?
Nope. They saw you carried off, made a token tweet and went home to watch Netflix.
Also good to see all the non organic clothing she is wearing and the steel safety pin.
Spoiler? Steel isn't organic, Princess.
Posted by: MudCrab | Thursday, 30 June 2022 at 05:09 PM
Motorola smartphone. Can somebody explain to her that the smartphone she holds is produced in, I quote loosely here, in a "economic operation IN CHINA with the knowledge that it is built on destruction, exploitation and climate breakdown". And no there is no choice to make, the world made already a choice, in the EU they are firing up the coal plants again. They hate being cold going into winter. Fair enough. Just like this pearl of our society who will not give up her phone for her cause as she needs her tool for virtue signalling. You have to love those career protesters who are hypocrite to the bone. The choice has been made as we have discovered now after high inflation and ongoing war that all those environment policies actually have to be affordable. Who would have expected that? Germany is one of those countries which is very good at virtue signalling, their German Packaging Act is a neat example. You better get a license if you intend to ship something to Germany and register in LUCID. That way awareness campaigns on recycling packaging can be funded again. Applies to everybody who sell to the end consumer, big and small. Including market places like eBay and Amazon. At least then we all have the IDEA that we do something for nature. Oh yeah, starts tomorrow. Big fines.
I quote "The amended version of the Verpackungsgesetz is NOT the end of the road. Significant changes can be expected in the near future, in particular at a European level. The European Union is revising its Packaging Directive to presumably include targets for reuse, defined standards for packaging recyclability as well as an enhanced use of recyclates. This will present manufacturers and retailers with challenges as they will need to prepare for new reporting obligations, for example." Read price rises.
Perhaps we should pack our coal in recycled cardboard boxes if we sell it to the EU?! They can dispose then the packaging material in a green way and burn the coal in a non-green way. Trust me, they would actually do this. Just for the feel good feeling ....
References:
https://gadgetstouse.com/blog/2020/06/23/chinese-vs-non-chinese-made-in-india-smartphones/
https://www.verpackungsregister.org/en
Posted by: Ozziebloke | Thursday, 30 June 2022 at 05:12 PM
Judging by the prose and lack of spelling mistakes, Iâd judge Holly to be a deep thinking, intelligent, well-educated, caring, self-sacrificing fâŚwit, who , if offends again, deserves every minute of full five years at Silverwater
Posted by: Xword | Thursday, 30 June 2022 at 05:19 PM
Legally the minimum which should happen to her would be indefinite impoundment of her car, licence cancelled and fined for disruption to commerce and a danger to herself and police.
Illegaly what could happen to her, would be a couple of exasperated truckies going over her car with hammers smashing every light, mirror and windscreen and a big screwdriver through the radiator and tyres for good measure.
Or as an alternative, a length of wire through her nose rings and dragged out of the car.
Mind you, I'm biased.
Posted by: Bob Hay | Thursday, 30 June 2022 at 05:21 PM
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Harley-Mcdonald-Eckersall
Well looks like she got into a useful course that will assist her in her long term career.
I know in my Day Job the internal vacancies are screaming for Performance Study experts.
Posted by: MudCrab | Thursday, 30 June 2022 at 05:22 PM
She'll have far more to worry about than the lockup menu and climate change if Schwab and his evil henchman get their way.
https://rumble.com/v1aihil-yuval-noah-harari-your-immune-systems-will-be-connected-to-net.html
Posted by: Gary | Thursday, 30 June 2022 at 05:25 PM
Dear Holly
No-one cares!
Posted by: Andrew WA | Thursday, 30 June 2022 at 05:51 PM
"Our planet is dying, talk is essentially of a coming apocalypse. But what this misses is the recognition that for many, the apocalypse has already arrived."
LOL.
The planet is not "dying", and should be around for many thousands of years (if not considerably longer), if we don't blow it up first.
Moron.
I despair at the intelligence and complete lack of critical thinking of today's youth.
Posted by: Not on the Left | Thursday, 30 June 2022 at 06:02 PM
Give the bint a double-tap Russian send-off:)
Posted by: KobaTheDread | Thursday, 30 June 2022 at 06:04 PM
Never read their self righteous manifestos and why the hell do they all look such weirdos? Cause they are.
Posted by: Ceres | Thursday, 30 June 2022 at 06:08 PM
Why HUNDREDS of fridges are showing up on the doorsteps of Australian businesses: 'They just kept turning up'
-Melbourne businesses are receiving dozens of new fridges they didn't ask for
-Energy program replaces ageing appliances with more cost-effectives ones
-Contractors are able to make profitable carbon credits by delivering appliances
-Business owners have complained of being stuck with dozens of refrigerators
SELL THEM AND MAKE A PROFIT!!!
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10963113/Melbourne-businesses-bombarded-dozens-fridges-didnt-ask-for.html
Posted by: Charlotte | Thursday, 30 June 2022 at 07:04 PM
Absolute PARASITE!!! + Dementated IDIOT
Why as taxpayers do we have to put up with the fu**k wits.
Jail for 12 months..
Posted by: Ian W | Thursday, 30 June 2022 at 07:18 PM
Her parents must be so proud.
Posted by: Francis de De Groot's Love Child | Thursday, 30 June 2022 at 07:21 PM
Yes, I even thought that she may be a schoolteacher. Obviously never had to provide for herself or dependents.
Posted by: 117Ric | Thursday, 30 June 2022 at 07:32 PM
Yes Marie, you have said it right again. Over the years that I have been a passenger on commercial airlines I have found Quantas service and attitude to be the most unacceptable.
I knew a man who joined Quantas as a steward, left a job with a good secure paying future. He lasted less than 3 months. He tried to come back to where had been, saying, "I have never been so badly fed and never felt so insecure of my future, and I am glad I got out while my morale values were still intact.
Posted by: 117Ric | Thursday, 30 June 2022 at 07:49 PM
Should have her on suicide watch. Iâd gladly watch the oxygen thief suicide!
Posted by: Brizziebussie | Thursday, 30 June 2022 at 08:06 PM
I always thought Hawaiian, or Singapore Airlines food was the best of the lot & Qantasâ only redeeming quality was that they kept the wine flowing longer - it made the food taste better.
Hawaiian was my choice from NY State to Brisbane, 2x10 hr flights with a night stopover in Honolulu.
Posted by: Kureelpa | Thursday, 30 June 2022 at 08:15 PM
Good grief! Cheese from that virtue signaling company should be OK. If they are prepared to change the label from Coon to Cheer, and put labels on their products that they are "oh so pure" and bowing to the muslim mob, but expect Australians to buy the stuff, what is the woman's problem?
I couldn't care less.
I don't purchase anything from these brands, there are so many wonderful other suppliers of cheese products (thank you Aldi), who do stand their ground over the Stand Over middle eastern criminal merchants milking every industry for what it's worth.
This little girly piece of nonsense has had a reality check for the first time in her life.
Do I feel sorry? Get real.
We are now living in a world where all of a sudden people are told they need to cut their cloth according to their needs. The majority of the millennials would have to do an internet search to gain a basic understanding of the meaning of that phrase.
Don't bother me with the details, I lived through the 70's, on a farm. Our meals included rabbit stew, just like the depression years. Also fish or fowl we managed to get from the river. Anyone for a Rabbit in white wine dinner? Or wild duck casserole? I have to confess that the cat who brought home the duck was not impressed that her dinner was confiscated for our meal. She spent the day searching for where it had gone.
My other speciality was fish patties from redfin caught in the river, stewed and then flaked to put into patties with cold potato and fried.
Does this generation have any concept of what this was like? Or are they so indoctrinated by MacDonalds, etc. they will never be able to comprehend what their parents did to make ends meet?
I feel there may be many people in for the greatest shock of their lives in the next year or so.
Posted by: Titch2 | Thursday, 30 June 2022 at 08:58 PM
A cheese sandwich might not be vegan, but she is a vegetable
Posted by: Senex | Thursday, 30 June 2022 at 09:07 PM
Notice the collar is tucked in đ§ & always with the bloody phone, looking at themselves - with the dead eyes.
Posted by: Kureelpa | Thursday, 30 June 2022 at 09:07 PM
Then for sure, nobody worthwhile will be there to greet her when she gets out. Cried for 7 hours over whether anyone would be there for her, when she was released - hereâs a clue :-
Get a life, get a job, do something constructive, instead of destructive & be NICE.
Posted by: Kureelpa | Thursday, 30 June 2022 at 09:18 PM
Extinction Rebellion - Insulate Britain - Blockade Australia.
Is it legal to organise large groups of protestors to deliberately block public roads/public thoroughfare across the city?
Who are the organisers & are they accountable for the major disruptions on public roads in central Sydney?
Posted by: GJohns | Friday, 01 July 2022 at 12:20 AM
People might be pleased to know that the virtue signalling company, Saputo, a Canadian based dairy producer who bowed to the mob, and changed the name of our beloved Coon cheese to "Cheers" in 2019 have had reduced earnings of 9% since 2019. I would like to think it is because smart consumers are avoiding Cheers like the plague, but it is difficult to know from their 2021 annual report.
A reminder to anyone else wishing to avoid supporting these woke morons, below is a link to a list of Saputo's other retail brands in Australia. You need to avoid brands such as Devondale, Cracker Barrell, King Island and others.
https://www.saputodairyaustralia.com.au/en/our-products/consumer-brands
Posted by: Clancey | Friday, 01 July 2022 at 05:54 AM
Words fail me! What a waste of a life.
Posted by: Rubyred | Friday, 01 July 2022 at 08:18 AM
Maybe the police were kind to her and purchased Bio Cheese available at Woolworths and suitable for vegans just for her delicate constitution. Did she even ask them before the little precious complained? Why do they all have mobile phones, backing up their ignorance.
Posted by: EndGame | Friday, 01 July 2022 at 08:27 AM
Are you talking about friendly "Bubba" as a cell mate for them?
Posted by: EndGame | Friday, 01 July 2022 at 08:29 AM
I have some sympathy for her vegan diet, as I am also on a strict vegan diet.
I only eat the flesh of animals who are strictly vegan, such as cattle, sheep, pigs, kangaroos, crocodiles, crustaceans, poultry, fish. I'd even eat the crutch of a low-flying duck if I was hungry enough.
Whingeing feral Mung-Beaners should be thankful for small mercies and just be damned grateful that the coppers don't fancy a bite of juicy vegan as well.
Posted by: Up The Workers | Friday, 01 July 2022 at 09:40 AM
.....and the IQ of a ditch!!
Posted by: CountryBumpkin | Friday, 01 July 2022 at 09:43 AM
From what I read they had to cancel further protests because only 40 of them turned up the following day..
Wonder how many court cases they have going as they sound like funding is a problem and they lacking in the dough department..
Their website is here..love and light xx
Swarms ..lol!!
Everything not of integrity will backfire in this energy and protest are born out of fear..
https://www.blockadeaustralia.com
The reactionary and repressive response from NSW Police to our Sydney mobilisation means we are now facing a whole new raft of court cases and costs. Any funds raised here will directly support climate activists to face and defeat this judicial repression.
Posted by: Michelle Two | Friday, 01 July 2022 at 11:58 PM
19 June 2022 their blog tells us of the police action leading up to day of protests..
Most interesting site to see what they get up to and lots of swinging off bridges and use of fossil fuels in said protests of locking themselves in cars on railway tracks..
Interesting the news team from channel nine invited sounds like a narrative had to be set all media circus what an illusion they create...love and light xx
https://www.blockadeaustralia.com/category/action-updates/
NSW Police has arrested two Blockade Australia activists at a campsite in Sydney early this morning.
Activists were encircled by around 25 police, while police boats patrolled a nearby river. Initially, police refused to respond to questions as to why those at the campsite were being detained. Police were accompanied by Channel 9âs news team.
One of the activists arrested was a 62-year-old Aboriginal elder who was staying at the campground. She has been charged with intimidation and affray, outrageous charges that bear no relation to reality.
Police have maintained intense surveillance since the dramatic raid over the weekend west of Sydney. Activists have been surveilled and arrested by plain-clothed police in the days following the police invasion of our property and police have raided and intimidated climate activist households all over Sydney.
Posted by: Michelle Two | Saturday, 02 July 2022 at 12:22 AM