In a recent statement, Associate Professor Laura Horn - one of the convicted scientists, who was also pinned down and injured by police during the action - explains why she participated in it:
"As researcher, as a Danish citizen, as a mother of two kids who look to me to learn how to navigate this house on fire, I would much rather not have a criminal conviction. I would much rather not have my chubby cheeks of protest smooshed into concrete while being handcuffed. But, as Fernando Racimo argues in his forthcoming book https://www.ucpress.edu/books/science-in-resistance/paper#about-book , there is a ‘privilege of rather’; for me it is an obligation when our institutions, our conventions and our existing democratic processes fail to act. I'm proud to stand with fellow activists from @ScientistRebellion and @ExtinctionR. These people give me hope - scientists, researchers, parents, artists, and citizens who refuse to accept a future of climate breakdown.
In the climate and ecological emergency, let’s leverage whatever voice and platform we have, however limited. I was right where I was supposed to be at that action in June 2023. Every gram of CO₂ matters. Every flight matters. Every action matters."
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