Disruption at the Travelers Championship (PGA)

[s&wchad]

I'm not a great golfer, but it's been a lifelong pastime for me. I was watching the tournament this afternoon and saw some "protesters" storm the 18th green and throw red powder around the cup. A few of them were promptly arrested and the grounds crew quickly vacuumed it up, but God knows what the substance was.

Play continued and I pray it wasn't a chemical/bio hazard. Thousands of people were in attendance and I hope these scumbags are convicted of a terrorist threat and never see the light of day again. If it were up to me, they'd be drawn and quartered on PBS. The PGA and the event sponsors donate millions of dollars to charities every year and it's an honorable game.

Protestors storm 18th green at 2024 Travelers Championship

 

[Rustyt1953]

The gallery was infested with uniformed cops who dropped the protesters like flour sacks.

 

[Rustyt1953]

Wait until the protesters get the greens keeper bill for redoing the putting surface.

 

[s&wchad]

The gallery was infested with uniformed cops who dropped the protesters like flour sacks.

Yes, but they still don't know what the substance was. In today's world, I'm surprised the course wasn't evacuated.

 

[LVSteve]

The "Just stop oil" crowd attacked Stonehenge with orange paint powder the day before the solstice. Had they done it on the day I suspect the crowd would have reinstated human sacrifice as a tradition.

Another pair broke into Stansted Airport and went after a couple of private jets, claiming one of them was Taylor Swift's. They had the gall to plead "no guilty" when charged despite pictures they took of themselves using an angle grinder on the fence. It is a ploy to try and get their viewpoint on record in court, but the judges have got wise to this game.

Two clowns who climbed on the Queen Elizabeth bridge over the Thames and disrupted traffic for hours are in the big house after the UK supreme court affirmed their sentences. The "Just stop oil" crowd and other protest groups went nuts saying "this will have a chilling effect on legitimate protest." I guess they missed the bit that the courts (and most of the UK public) don't consider their level of disruption as 'legitimate'.

 

[Rustyt1953]

 

[Nightowl]

Probably out without bail by now! Swiftly detained though!

 

[llowry61]

Activism is the American way, however there is a right way and a wrong way to do it. These grandstanders have been around forever. Like Greta I think these stunts are more about them than the cause.

 

[glenwolde]

What ever happened to streaking with a protest sign? I miss the old days.

 

[LVSteve]

What ever happened to streaking with a protest sign? I miss the old days.

Recalling some of those streakers, I don't miss them.

 

[Bald1]

I think it’s dumb that the news says “ fans stormed the green”. Those are not fans

 

[Rustyt1953]

In 1970 I was behind the visiting team's dugout when Morganna burst onto the field in search of prey.

I got a lesson in gravity that afternoon.

 

[ditrina]

In 1970 I was behind the visiting team's dugout when Morganna burst onto the field in search of prey.

I got a lesson in gravity that afternoon.

"What ever happened to streaking with a protest sign? I miss the old days. ".....AND Morganna!!

 

[llowry61]

Those were the days, the elusive kissing bandit!

 

[Rustyt1953]

Those were the days, the elusive kissing bandit!

In 1969 her first target was Pete Rose.

That put her on the map.

 

[Sevens]

In 1970 I was behind the visiting team's dugout when Morganna burst onto the field in search of prey.

I got a lesson in gravity that afternoon.

Sir, you got two lessons in gravity that afternoon.

 

[Rustyt1953]

Sir, you got two lessons in gravity that afternoon.

She went through a lot of shoes.

 

[LVSteve]

OK, now I've done some research I understand the Morganna references. Now I need to clear this computer's search history....

 

[fiasconva]

I'd love to see a creative judge to sentence each one of them to 6 months of grounds maintenance at the golf course, mowing, raking, picking up trash, or any other manual labor the staff can think of.

 

[llowry61]

In 1969 her first target was Pete Rose.

That put her on the map.

Yep, she married a guy in Columbus and lived here or might still live here. She made millions doing that schtick. Beats being a go- go dancer which I think she was doing before she became the bandit. I had forgotten about her till this thread.