{"id":1520834,"date":"2022-06-17T14:04:19","date_gmt":"2022-06-17T18:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1520834"},"modified":"2022-06-17T14:04:27","modified_gmt":"2022-06-17T18:04:27","slug":"viva-italia-italian-commuters-drag-off-protesters-blocking-main-rome-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/viva-italia-italian-commuters-drag-off-protesters-blocking-main-rome-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Viva Italia: Italian Commuters Drag Off Protesters Blocking Main Rome Road"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fviva-italia-italian-commuters-drag-off-protesters-blocking-main-rome-road%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1520834&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Protesters reportedly associated with the radical environmentalist group Extinction Rebellion blocked one of the main roads in Rome during rush hour by sitting in the middle of the highway.<\/p>\n<p>Drivers then exited their cars on the Grande Raccordo Anulare, which encircles Rome, walked over, yanked the protesters and threw them to the side of the road.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"it\" dir=\"ltr\">Roma, attivisti bloccano GRA in protesta contro gas e carbone, automobilisti inferociti tentano di rimuoverli <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/granderaccordoanulare?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#granderaccordoanulare<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/extinctionrebellion?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#extinctionrebellion<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/localteam?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#localteam<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hVmgdZihhV\">pic.twitter.com\/hVmgdZihhV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Local Team (@localteamtv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/localteamtv\/status\/1537333254835019776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe adolescent demonstrators were members of an Extinction Rebellion offshoot organization called the \u2018Last Generation\u2019 movement, according to Italian magazine Corriere Dello Sport,\u201d tdpelmedia.com\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tdpelmedia.com\/last-generation-movement-protests-by-blocking-a-major-highway-in-rome\">reported.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In October 2019, protesters from Extinction Rebellion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-england-london-50079716\">climbed<\/a> on top of trains in Stratford, Canning Town, and Shadwell during rush hour; service on the Jubilee Line and Docklands Light Railway was temporarily suspended.<\/p>\n<p>At the Canning Town station, a few furious commuters yanked two of the protesters off train cars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe two activists used a ladder to climb up onto the carriage, causing passengers to begin shouting at them to get down before launching a physical attack,\u201d Metro <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2019\/10\/17\/angry-commuters-drag-xr-protesters-off-tube-try-glue-10933003\/\">reported<\/a>. \u201cA man was seen throwing a bag of crisps at the pair, while others chucked their drinks and bits of cardboard as the number of people on the platform grew.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In October of last year, an English woman trying to transport her ailing 81-year-old mother to a hospital tearfully cried at a group of eco-activists that blocked streets in London for over four hours, \u201cHow can you be so selfish?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The unidentified woman was videotaped lashing out at members of the Extinction Rebellion splinter group Insulate Britain as she was blocked at Blackwall Tunnel from getting her mother to a Canterbury hospital, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10056407\/Now-eco-mob-block-Blackwall-Tunnel-Insulate-Britain-launch-ELEVENTH-day-protests.html?ito=social-twitter_mailonline\">Daily Mail<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInsulate Britain \u2014 which is demanding the Government pay for all homes in the country to be insulated by 2030 \u2014 has brought major roads to a standstill with eleven protests in less than three weeks,\u201d the outlet reports. \u201cAround 450 arrests have been made so far.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The woman cried, \u201cShe\u2019s in there. She\u2019s going to a hospital in Canterbury. Do you think I\u2019m stupid? \u2026 Please move your cars. Please. \u2026 This isn\u2019t okay. This isn\u2019t okay. \u2026 How can you be so selfish? How can you be so selfish? \u2026 My mum is 81 and she\u2019s going to the hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Florida GOP governor Ron DeSantis has made it clear he will not tolerate protesters blocking roads. He\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/news\/florida-politics\/2021\/07\/15\/desantis-tells-protesters-not-to-block-traffic\/\">said<\/a> in July 2021, \u201cWe can\u2019t have that. It\u2019s dangerous for you to be shutting down a thoroughfare. You\u2019re also putting other people in jeopardy. You don\u2019t know if an emergency vehicle needs to get somewhere, and then obviously it\u2019s just disrespectful to make people stand in traffic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt can\u2019t be where you shut down commerce or you shut down the ability to use these arteries \u2026 especially in a place like Miami where the traffic can be very bad,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Protesters reportedly associated with the radical environmentalist group Extinction Rebellion blocked one of the main roads in Rome during rush hour by sitting in the middle of the highway. 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