Furious drivers ruthlessly drag climate activists from busy highway

Furious motorists in Portugal have taken matters into their own hands by rushing out of their cars to physically drag climate activists blocking a busy road.

In footage which has recently gone viral on social media, Members of the Portuguese climate activist group Climáximo blocked a busy road before drivers quickly exited their vehicles and started physically removing the protesters.

It comes as Just Stop Oil activists invaded the stage during a West End performance of Les Miserables on Wednesday night.

Members of the British-based climate activist group went on London's Sondheim Theatre stage during a performance of 'Do You Hear The People Sing?'.

The activists locked themselves to the set which caused the show to end prematurely and the theatre to be evacuated.

Five people were arrested after the event, and the Metropolitan Police appealed to members of the audience to provide additional footage of the incident.

The incidents are part of a series of protests by different climate activist groups in recent months, where they have escalated their efforts to inconvenience the public in order to raise awareness for their cause.

[TRUTHx]

What they were doing to the activists wasn’t “ruthless”. What the activists were doing was actually “ruthless”.

[julieb]

Calling them activists is an insult to genuine activists

[barryturner]

I'm very happy that ordinary people are standing up against this nonsense

[SpeakingEnglishToday]

Who would have thought that people would get violent when you block their way to their job that they need to get to before they are fired, their mother's funeral, their appointment to get surgery, the hospital to say goodbye to a loved one just before they pass away, to pick up their kids before they are not left stranded, or a billion other reasons people would need to get somewhere before it's too late.

[Rathkryn]

The protestors in the theater should face a lawsuit where they have to repay every attendee for the ticket price.

[danchamberlain]

No one has the right to disrupt law abiding citizens who are trying to go about their business in public right of ways .

[Veedub]

There was one in London a few weeks back where a person was trying to get their child to a hospital and they begged with the activist’s but they would not let her through. They are becoming dangerous.

[brois]

@6:11 That guy finally does what we're all thinking

[rickkaylor]

These people aren't activist but domestic terrorists. They should be dealt with accordingly.

[blazel]

No one is ‘becoming aware of their cause’ in any way that helps them, just the opposite

[meandnoother]

There is nothing "ruthless" about the way these idiots are being treated. They deserve much worse.

[codexena]

This is only making everyone hate these groups even more.

[TheAnimeGirl]

People in Portugal are already fed up with everything that's going on, rage against pseudo activists is just the tip of the iceberg

[markanderson]

Public restraint and tolerance for these "protesters" needs to end. The police are clearly not inclined to deal with these people effectively so it will ultimately fall to an angered public to put an end to all this.

[Sir_Catnip]

That dude at the end wasn't messing around 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[eragonwjfn]

This is what has been lacking for 40 years now. Insane behavior met with the rage it deserves. Normal people has been quiet for way too long.

[christopherpeninger]

I love that we all can unite over a common cause. The irony of the climate activists wearing safety vests made of polyurethane is not lost on me.

Why aren't these idiots being tased, pepper sprayed, arrested and paying fines is beyond comprehension.

[cilajoao]

As a Portuguese I'm so proud to see my country not standing for these hypocrites. Well done!

[sarahp]

Pretty sad that civilians are doing what the cops should be doing. We thank you and appreciate you❤👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻