A young man in a mask kneels next to the rear wheel of a Mercedes G-Class, messes with the valve, inserts a single dried bead into his hat, and pushes it down. A few seconds later, when the air hissed, he walked carefree away from the stage.
He is one of a new breed of activists calling themselves the Tire Extinguishers, who are fighting climate change one by one.
The G-Class or G-Wagon, which is 6 feet 5 inches tall, weighs 2½ tons and makes only 26 miles per gallon of diesel, is the boldest of the SUVs. Even here, at midnight in Hempstead, where the streets are full of Range Rovers, Land Rover Discovery, Audi Q8 and BMW X5s, she
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