Just Stop Oil activists carried spread-eagle into police vans during 'slow march' protest
Police took around 40 minutes to tackle dozens of Just Stop Oil activists off the road despite outnumbering them.
Some 65 activists from the eco-group “slow marched” across all three carriageways around Parliament Square, London, at 10am on Monday, causing traffic gridlock.
The Metropolitan Police appeared to have been caught off guard, as they frantically called for reinforcements while activists continued with the slow marching – walking at a snail’s pace along the road – until forcibly removed.
Despite vowing to crack down with swift arrests under the Public Order Act, the Met’s 80 officers and 20 police vehicles took 40 minutes to remove them all from blocking traffic.
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