What Happened On Swan St This Morning?

[Mean_R34]

Does anyone know what happened this morning on Swan St, just near the corner of Punt Rd around 8:30am??

There were literally 20+ cop cars there with the in-bound lane closed off & a logging truck in a cordoned off area. It appeared that all of the logs were still on the truck, so I don't think that a log fell off?

A lot of "suits" standing around, but my view from where I was made it hard to see exactly what was going on.

Must have been something serious for all that attention.

Was interesting to see a black Chrysler SRT TMU car there.

[allblitz]

http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/pro...2340015941.html

[JVP]

hippies protesting about logging

two ppl cahined themselves to the trucks carrying logs...

f*kn hippes....

lol

thats what i heard on the radio

[Helio]

f*kn hippes....

lol

I second that. It's reopen now

[Paradizzle]

Krispy Kreme must have opened?

[dezz]

I found this part funny

'He said had also been concerned for the protesters' safety, fearing that if he moved the truck he would "end up in more strife than they're going to be (in)".'

How does not wanting to get himself in 'strife' make him concerned for their safety? Poorly written sentence by the journalist

[Mean_R34]

What a let down.

I thought there was something waaaay more high profile for so much police interest.

The huggers have a good point, but they must really go out & get themselves a job - I, for one, am sick of paying their way!

[SABBAi]

I found this part funny

'He said had also been concerned for the protesters' safety, fearing that if he moved the truck he would "end up in more strife than they're going to be (in)".'

How does not wanting to get himself in 'strife' make him concerned for their safety? Poorly written sentence by the journalist

This would have been a qoute from the driver. Basically, I read this as the truckie saying that if he ran over one of the hippies, he'd be in a heap of trouble. Probably more trouble than the hippies for chaining themselves to a trauck.

[dezz]

I know exactly what its supposed to mean, but the start of the sentence says that he 'said' he was concerned for the protesters' safety...

the quote is fine, but the journalist put it in the article at the wrong time imo

[mr_crust]

if it was my truck i would have told the coppers , i have to move it and in the process 'accidently' squashed the hippies

[adznight]

"I mean, they came out of the bushes, what else do you call it," he told theage.com.au. "You don't call a friendly g'day and a cup of tea.

Hahaha!