BREAKING: Police move in to remove protesters at Oxford Circus carrying activists away
Specialist officers have stepped in to start cutting protesters from the frame of a pink boat currently in the middle of Oxford Circus.One woman was carried out the cordons by four officers and a man led away by two more.Other protesters sat down in the street and officers set up a second ring around them.
Dozens of officers are stationed beyond the group by a number of police vans parked in Regent Street. Officers grabbed people trying to break through the police ring around climate change protesters in Oxford Circus and pushed them back. Dame Emma Thompson, who flew to the protest from LA, left the scene as police pushed bystanders away from the blockade.She said it was the police’s decision to expend manpower at a non-violent protest.
She added: ‘If they choose to close down a non-violent protest by using their police… that’s their decision. If that causes difficulties then that’s their problem and their decision.’Officers wearing hi-vis jackets with protester removal team written on them were within the cordon.Advertisement
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