Fathers 4 Justice Pair Arrested At Heathrow

Submitted by Matt on Thu, 2009-03-19 17:02

Story here. Excerpt:

'The pair belong to an offshoot of Fathers 4 Justice, a spokesman for the campaign group said.

BAA confirmed two people were held after attempting to gain "unlawful access" at Heathrow shortly after 10am.

They were "quickly apprehended and arrested and are now in police custody", the airport operator said.
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"This was a misguided and ultimately unsuccessful attempt to disrupt the travel plans of thousands of Heathrow's passengers, and we condemn the actions of those involved unreservedly."

The founder of Fathers 4 Justice suggested there could be further protests in coming months as fathers sought to "take the mantle back" from anti-airport expansion activists Plane Stupid.

Matt O'Connor said: "We suspended direct action campaigning in September last year, but we obviously understand that there are many frustrated fathers out there who want to engage in direct action.

"To be honest I think it's inevitable at some point there will be another upsurge in direct action akin to what went on before."'

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He suspended direct action campaigning last September? That's funny - that's only a couple months after he called F4J U.S. the "United States of Eunuchs" because they didn't do any direct action campaigning.
-ax

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Submitted by axolotl on Fri, 2009-03-20 11:04

Incredible - you even notice on that side of the pond.

O'Connor is incapable of telling the truth, he cares nothing about the cause unless he is getting some personal publicity from it or financial gain.

After he had supposedly 'retired' he has continued to feed his own personal brand of bullshit to the press (I call them lies) and has kicked numerous people from the F4J forum - a service which they paid good money into O'Connor's pockets for.

Want to see what O'Connor is like in action?

Take a look at his words, actions and contempt for vulnerable people fighting to see their kids.

I created a blog to show others what the guy is really like. Feel free to view it here:

http://www.mattoconnorf4j.blogspot.com

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Submitted by HeartBrokenDad on Sat, 2009-03-21 13:03