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The lack of coverage on this story is surprising, but ho hum. TL;DR: the medics who broke windows at JP Morgan as part of a climate protest, and who suffered a mistrial two years ago, have just been retried and found unanimously not guilty. thedoctor.bma.org.uk/articles/hea...

thedoctor.bma.org.ukDoctors cleared of criminal damageSix healthcare workers, including four doctors, say their climate activism has been vindicated after being found not guilty of criminal damage for breaking glass windows at the offices of JP Morgan th...

Harry Metcalfe

@harrym.com

17 Feb

I went to see a play based on transcripts from the first trial, it was extremely good and (although clearly curated) the transcripts made a pretty powerful case for the idea that these medics did in fact have a "lawful excuse" for their actions www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/in-...

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Harry Metcalfe

@harrym.com

This feels like a case were the law doesn't really fit the situation to me: or at least one where professional obligations, legal obligations, realpolitik and personal principles all collided in a way that precludes there being an obvious ethical answer.

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Harry Metcalfe

@harrym.com

17 Feb

I'm not generally pro people wrecking shit to make political points, but I'm glad this lot got found not guilty. They seem like a good bunch. And they make a pretty compelling case that JP Morgan aren't, and that breaking a few windows was, in this context, fine. So good for them 👍