{"id":2027703,"date":"2023-09-11T07:58:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T11:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eco-protester-arrested-at-us-open-has-an-ugly-realization-he-wasnt-headed-to-jail\/"},"modified":"2023-09-11T08:02:42","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T12:02:42","slug":"eco-protester-arrested-at-us-open-has-an-ugly-realization-he-wasnt-headed-to-jail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eco-protester-arrested-at-us-open-has-an-ugly-realization-he-wasnt-headed-to-jail\/","title":{"rendered":"Eco protester detained at US Open realizes he won&#8217;t go to jail."},"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\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook 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style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>I\u2019m not sure what \u2064tennis \u2062has to\u200c do with climate\u200c change, but \u2064anyone\u2062 who\u2019d venture to make the connection would have good odds of being crazy.<\/h2>\n<p>Don\u2019t\u200d tell <em>them<\/em> that, \u200bhowever, or they might get\u2064 insulted.<\/p>\n<p>Such is the case \u200bwith Shayok Mukhopadhyay, one of three protesters with the \u2063extremist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/climate-protesters-get-taste-justice-pulling-stunt-us-open\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">environmentalist group\u2063 Extinction Rebellion<\/a> \u200d who held\u2063 up a U.S. Open tennis match Thursday night, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/09\/09\/us-open-climate-protestor-defends-action-sees-player-support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New \u200dYork Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mukhopadhyay glued\u200b his feet to the court at Arthur Ashe \u200dStadium \u200cin Queens during the semifinal women\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/djokovic-held-in-australian-immigration-detention-as-he-fights-deportation\/\" title=\"Djokovic Held in Australian Immigration Detention as He Fights Deportation\">singles match<\/a> \u2063between American Coco Gauff and Czech Karolina Muchova, halting play for about 50 minutes while protesters\u200d chanted boilerplate slogans such as \u201cEnd fossil fuels\u201d and \u201cNo\u2062 tennis on a dead planet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/youth-protest-group-inspired-by-greta-thunberg-disbands-accuses-itself-of-racism\/\" title=\"Youth Protest Group Inspired By Greta Thunberg Disbands, Accuses Itself Of Racism\">climate change movement<\/a> has tried \u200deverything from writing and lobbying for legislation to demonstrating and blockading \u200dbanks,\u2064 but none of \u200dthat has been as\u2064 effective as communicating directly to the public by going to public institutions like \u2062museums and sporting arenas,\u201d \u200dMukhopadhyay told the Post.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Coco Gauff\u2019s US Open semi-final against \u200dKarolina Muchova halted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/crowd-of-24000-turns-on-climate-protesters-as-their-antics-delay-us-open-semifinal-for-nearly-an-hour\/\" title=\"24,000-strong crowd turns against climate protesters, causing nearly an hour delay in US Open Semifinal.\">climate change protestors<\/a> \u2062in the stands. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/usopen?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#usopen<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qded3qEYBN\">pic.twitter.com\/qded3qEYBN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u200c Matt \u2062Majendie (@mattmajendie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattmajendie\/status\/1699938783536250962?\">September \u20628, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, now he\u2019s annoyed that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mom-whose-son-allegedly-punched-police-officer-blames-society-nypd-says-kids-going-kids\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Police Department<\/a> had the effrontery to take him to \u2063the psychiatric \u200dward at East Elmhurst \u200bHospital after his arrest, according to \u200cthe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2023\/09\/08\/u-s-open-protester-who-glued-his-feet-to-the-stadium-floor-say-nypd-tried-to-discredit-his-message-by-sticking-him-in-the-psych-ward\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Daily News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Instead,\u2062 the \u200boutlet\u2019s Molly \u200dCrane-Newman wrote, the activist said \u2063the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nypd-hunting-suspect-3-brutal-subway-attacks-17-minute-span\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NYPD<\/a> \u201ctried\u200b to \u2064humiliate and discredit his environmental message\u201d with the temporary trip to \u2063the\u2062 hospital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been arrested \u200dbefore, \u2064but I\u2019ve\u200c never had\u200b this experience,\u201d Mukhopadhyay said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey \u2062were asking obvious leading questions like,\u2063 \u2018Do you think the world is\u200c going to end?\u2019 This typical \u200bstereotype of the\u200b crazy, apocalyptic cult\u2062 kind of thing,\u201d he\u2062 said.<\/p>\n<p>This, according to the Daily News, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eco-protester-arrested-at-us-open-has-an-ugly-realization-he-wasnt-headed-to-jail\/\" title=\"Eco protester detained at US Open realizes he won't go to jail.\">included claims \u201cmedics asked<\/a> him about the \u200cgroup and how members communicate with each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was completely \u2063a mechanism to intimidate and humiliate\u200c and to paint a distorted \u2062picture of me,\u201d Mukhopadhyay said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho\u2019s the crazy person \u200dhere? \u200cIt\u2019s [President Joe] Biden who\u2019s the crazy person here, \u200bwho, in 2023, is approving new oil and\u200d gas projects when international energy agencies founded by Henry Kissinger \u2013 no tree hugger \u2013 have \u2064said there should be\u2064 no new\u200b fossil\u200c fuel infrastructure,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He\u200b also tied his \u2064activism to his sympathies for his native country, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/op-ed-christians-full-scale-attack-india\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">India<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndia is something \u200dI constantly\u2064 think about because I grew up there, and\u200c I\u2019m keenly aware of how low the level of resource consumption and energy \u2063consumption \u2062is there,\u201d\u200c Mukhopadhyay said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Gangetic Delta, the mangrove forest, the Sundarbans, where the Ganges \u2063River empties into the Bay of Bengal, these are extremely vulnerable areas to \u2063climate\u200d change \u2026 They\u2019re going to pay the price \u200dfor\u2064 this huge amount of resource\u200b and energy consumption \u200bin\u2062 the global north,\u201d he said. \u201cThat injustice really,\u200b really horrifies \u2064me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But, \u2063of course, being mentally evaluated at the psychiatric ward \u2064isn\u2019t going to deter him \u2014 even though it\u2019s not really a deterrent, but whatever.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need more media attention on the \u2063climate crisis. It doesn\u2019t \u2062get nearly the attention\u2062 it deserves relative \u200cto \u2062the scale of the crisis \u2064that it\u200d is,\u201d Mukhopadhyay told the Daily News.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only way we will have\u200c societal mobilization is if the public is mobilized, so we need to \u200dkeep \u2062the issue constantly\u2063 in \u2063front of\u2062 the public and make it clear\u2062 to them that our current way of life, what we are accustomed to, is not\u200b going to\u200b exist if this climate crisis goes unabated,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>And,\u2062 I \u200creiterate, this \u200bis \u2064how Mukhopadhyay\u2063 and his fellow Extinction \u200dRebellion \u200cmembers plan on making sure\u200c it doesn\u2019t \u200dgo unabated:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Final protestor has been escorted out \u200bof the \u2064stadium. Players likely to\u2062 return to court shortly. It\u2019s\u2064 been a 35-minute delay. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1HMU2CyjG8\">pic.twitter.com\/1HMU2CyjG8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u200b Matt Majendie (@mattmajendie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattmajendie\/status\/1699947454798385268?\">September \u20638, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But \u2062don\u2019t dare insinuate he might be a few organic, free-range eggs short of \u2063a basket, because this guy is \u2062totally with it.<\/p>\n<p>By the way, Mukhopadhyay also got the criminal charges he \u2062apparently wanted\u2064 in \u200dthe first place, too, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/sports\/us-open-protesters-charged-criminal-trespass-disrupting-match-rcna104051\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC News<\/a> reporting he was hit with criminal trespass and\u2064 disorderly conduct \u200ccitations. In a news\u2062 release, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nypd-hunting-suspect-3-brutal-subway-attacks-17-minute-span\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NYPD<\/a> mentioned nothing about\u200d the \u2064psych ward\u2063 trip.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne individual had apparently glued his feet to\u2062 the floor,\u201d a department representative said in\u2063 a statement. \u201cPersonnel from the Emergency Service Unit responded\u200b and\u2062 were able to\u2063 safely free the male and take him into custody.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, the trip to East Elmhurst wasn\u2019t a bad idea. After\u2062 all, anyone\u2062 who thinks that gluing himself to something will stop \u200danything \u2014\u2063 aside from his being perceived as sane \u2014 has\u2063 deluded\u200d only himself and\u200b those with similar propensities.<\/p>\n<p>Come to think of it, <em>more<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/climate-activists-try-crash-dance-show-cameraman-quickly-brings-end-stunt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Extinction Rebellion members<\/a> probably ought to be receiving the same kind \u2062of treatment. Maybe \u2063it\u2019ll help them\u2062 get a \u2062handle on things.<\/p>\n<p>Without the glue,\u200d of\u200d course.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/eco-protester-arrested-us-open-ugly-realization-wasnt-headed-jail\/\">Eco Protester Arrested at \u2064US Open Has an Ugly Realization: He Wasn&#8217;t Headed to\u200b Jail<\/a> appeared first on \u2062 <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m unsure of the link between tennis and climate change, but those who attempt to connect them may be considered eccentric. It&#8217;s best not to offend them, like Shayok Mukhopadhyay, an Extinction Rebellion protester.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":663,"featured_media":2027704,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2027703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2027703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/663"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2027703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2027703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2027704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2027703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2027703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2027703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}