Ryan Bridge: Greenpeace protest - Just hang your banner and piss off

It's time I reckon we started sending bills to those protesters for wasting police time and resources.  I watched yesterday with growing anger as a couple of Greenpeace people climbed on top of an awning on The Terrace in Wellington.  They were just one floor up, they stood there looking like numpties with their overalls and their helmets on.  Nothing wrong with protesting, but there were eight first responders on the scene, at least three police cars, a fire truck – they even had to use their cherry picket to get these guys off the roof.  The cars were at a standstill, and instead of solving crime a poor cop was marshalling traffic to allow the fire truck to position itself in place. What a waste of time.  Just hang your banner and piss off. Please don't waste any more of our time.  It's like those crazy ones that used to block the motorways in Wellington, remember that? Thank goodness they seem to have given up and gone away. Good riddance.  The motorway protesters made people late for their cancer appointments. I do hope they're ashamed of themselves for that.  This lot though on The Terrace, they can just jog on.  If the court's initial reaction to the motorway ones was anything to go by you can expect another slap on the wrist with a wet bus ticket for this lot.  I say send them the bill for the police, the use of the police cars, the communications centre, the fire truck fee, the cherry picker fee, the firefighters charge out rate, double it and make them pay it.  And if the individuals won't pay for that, then send the bill to Greenpeace. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.