A Greater Victoria father is speaking out after his pregnant daughter had her tires deflated by a group of environmental activists.
Bob Kennedy said his daughter, who is eight months pregnant and lives in Oak Bay, came out to her vehicle on Friday morning and found that the tires had been purposely deflated sometime overnight Thursday.Kennedy’s daughter was not the only one in Oak Bay and Victoria to have their tires deflated. More than two dozen others in the region also had their tires purposely by a group calling themselves the Tyre Extinguishers.
“We are taking action because, like so many British Columbians, we have felt angry, powerless, afraid, and overwhelmed at the global scale of the climate crisis,” said The Tyre Extinguishers in an emailed statement to CHEK News. Kennedy said fortunately his daughter was able to inflate the tire quickly and didn’t need her car urgently. However, he wonders what might have happened had she, or anyone else who had their tires flattened, needed to be somewhere in a hurry.
On their website, the Tyre Extinguishers wrote that those deflating tires should avoid cars that are “clearly used for people with disabilities.” They also say they are targetting SUVs due to the vehicle’s climate impact and have an entireCHEK News spoke to one resident who said she had to replace her back tire. Kennedy says he’s also heard of other people following suit.
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