AN anti-ULEZ “Blade Runner” has pledged to not stop destroying cameras until Sadiq Khan ends its expansion.
The masked man, who is going by the name Ben, is part of the group who have been tearing down the cameras which enforce a £12.50 daily charge in London.
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The vigilante group have been taking the number plate-detecting monitors as trophies after severing their cables with homemade contraptions.
Their efforts, which Ben has dubbed “unpaid voluntary work”, are an attempt to stop the expansion of ULEZ across the capital.
Ben told TalkTV: “We are the voice of the people. You experienced the cheers against ULEZ right there and then you can see we are reflecting the voice of the public.”
The dad-of-three said that ULEZ was targeting the Brits who are already struggling as they can’t afford new cars and end up being slapped with the biggest charges.
He said: “Unfair is just sort of scratching the surface on how bad it is for them. It’s terrible. It’s completely unjust.”
Ben said while their group started off small, it’s growing quicky – especially since the expansion in late August.
He continued: “We’re like a pack of lone wolves. We sometimes work together, we work in isolation, and we all have this common goal.”
Ben claimed he had taken out more than 150 cameras in Bromley, where he lives, and warned he – and the other Blade Runners – won’t be stopping anytime soon.
Asked if he had anything to say to Khan, Ben said: “We’re not stopping until you stop.”
The dad explained that he didn’t think what the group was doing was gone.
He continued: “I never expected to be part of anything like this and taking these kind of steps.
“We don’t disrupt the general public in their daily activities, we don’t block roads, we don’t glue ourselves to buildings, the floor – we target the camera network itself.
“I can see how it could be viewed as being incorrect but lawful rebellion is totally okay in my book.”
In August a clip of a Blade Runner in action was posted to Facebook.
People on social media were left divided by the man’s actions.
One called it a “blatant act of vandalism”, but others leapt to his defence, dubbing him a “hero”.
In April, The Sun gave an inside look into the Blade Runners as they took to snatching the devices from across London.
It came after Mr Khan was given the green light to expand the scheme on August 29, despite a High Court challenge and pressure from his own party.
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