The police arrived armed, accompanied by two helicopters, as if the threat were immense.
It turned out to be a case of vandalism against Multiconsult’s vehicles.
The police chose to portray us as dangerous, claiming they needed to carry weapons to feel safe. They said they came for dialogue, but how often do you show up armed, 10-20 of you with 2 helicopters and hope for dialogue? This rhetoric follows a familiar logic: any level of resource deployment or use of force is justified because the opposition is branded as “dangerous” or “extreme.” Such rhetoric is built on speculation about what “might happen” and how “dangerous” people might be. Asker Municipality has previously employed this same rhetoric regarding AFS, and now the police have followed suit.
It also turned out that the police did not come for dialogue but to prepare for further planning and investigations for the construction of the death factory. This objective was barely communicated, and it is difficult to engage in a genuine dialogue when one party harbors a hidden agenda.
Since we count Multiconsult and others who are paid by Chemring to prepare for the explosives factory as a target, it is clear that more active resistance has begun to take shape. You are not just doing your “job” by being paid by Chemring to facilitate this.
Fortunately, we know better than to let the Police live out their power fantasies, which is why there were no arrests and the Police went home empty-handed with a hefty bill that will never see the light of day.
We should also remember that they still have not publicly stated that construction will be carried out in Avgrunnsdalen or Hurum, so some people know more than they want to say. This reaction from the police is as expected; the police are playing an active role in facilitating the war machine.
Come to Avgrunnsdalen now to show your resistance against Chemrings war factory!
Knus Krigsmaskinen!