I've seen a "protester" that bike-locked themselves to a gate post have the lock removed by the fire department with a grinder… while the protester sobs hysterically while selfie-ing the whole ordeal.
I've also seen "protesters" set up camp at a worksite, proceed to shit and piss all over the site while the RCMP get their wheels spinning, and then we have to get a Hazmat crew in to clean up the mess they leave.
Note that when I used the word protester, I do not mean people who are genuinely interested in saving the world etc… I mean people that we know for a fact at bring paid to protest, the RCMP also now this, these people are compensated by foreign interest groups and literally get paid extra for every single news crew that shows up, every time they get arrested, every hour they spend with a bike lock around their neck etc.
Anti-pipeline protesters and their multi-million dollar enablers | Financial Post
We had one situation where a "protester" jumped a fence, ran over to a valve and pressed a big red button to shut the valve in… totally oblivious to the potential consequences of doing so.. what if suddenly shutting that valve in caused a rupture? (If you know fluid dynamics you will understand why)
Again, most people are fairly reasonable with their concerns, but reasonable doesn't make for a good news hour… so you don't hear from these people too often.
Side note - Chevron plant in Burnaby was commissioned in 1935, long before there were any residential neighbourhoods nearby. Every person that lives in the refinery area and bitches about the refinery had the choice to move there knowing full well the refinery existed.