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WAKE UP!! WAKE UP!! THE WORLD IS UNDER ATTACK!!
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Crap Arrest of the Week

...For asking if it might be ok to reduce train fares.

Yorkshire transport authorities slashed concessionary fares for pensioners back in January. In response a group called the 'Freedom Riders' organised by the Barnsley Retirees Action Group (BRAG) have staged mass train bunks. The first 'Freedom Ride' took place on March 31, and saw more than 100 people board a train in Barnsley to travel to Meadowhall shopping centre, where they met others who had done the same from Sheffield and Doncaster.

As pensioners gathered for another go on June 23rd - British transport police enacting their own 'No Platform' policy swooped on the cheeky oldsters and nicked two men. In this video from the Sheffield Star we can see how it only took five of them to restrain one man.

Will justice prevail? - SchNEWS says direct action is just the ticket.

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