UK POLICE LAUNCH MAJOR OPERATION TO ARREST DISRUPTIVE CLIMATE CHANGE PROTESTORS

Mon 07 November 2022:

The Metropolitan Police in the United Kingdom has launched an operation in which it is taking preventive action against environmental organizations that are preparing to stage disruptive demonstrations after the opening of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP27.

According to reports, the police have detained activists affiliated with “Just Stop Oil,” a group well known for inciting disruption and damage to promote its “climate-saving” views.

“Our investigation has strong reason to suspect the Just Stop Oil group intend to disrupt major motorway road networks which would risk serious harm to the public, with reckless action to obstruct the public on a large scale,” said Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Matt Twist.

“There remains a possibility outstanding suspects are still intent on causing unlawful disruption to the public. The Met has mobilised specialist teams and drawn police officers from across the capital to respond.”

According to the Met, which is conducting the operation in conjunction with the National Police Coordination Centre (NPoCC), more than 10,000 officer shifts have been dedicated to policing Just Stop Oil protests since the start of October.

Metropolitan Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner Matt Twist.

“These are officers who would otherwise be dealing with issues that matter to local communities, such as knife crime, safeguarding and responding to burglaries,” Twist said. “We are determined to bring to justice all of those who conspire to cause significant and unreasonable disruption to London, or cause damage to buildings, property or valuables.

“It’s what the public expects. We’ll work closely with the Crown Prosecution Service and Courts to make sure this happens.”

Police are calling on the public to assist with preventing public disruption from protesters by reporting it to 999.

Despite the police ramping up its operation, parts of the M25 motorway were closed on Monday after ‘Just Stop Oil’ protestors climbed into the gantries.

“A protester has climbed on to a motorway gantry at Junction 25 on the M25. The road has been temporarily closed at this location (anticlockwise). Specially trained officers from our protest removal team are on their way manage the scene,” said the police officials.

Recently, Just Stop Oil has made headlines for all the wrong reasons. Its activists choose well-known works of art both inside and outside of Europe, vandalize them, break into a monologue, and record the act to post on social media.

Their actions have not been well received by the general public, and online users see them as a threat because of their woke ideologies that are doing more harm than good for efforts to save the environment.

The climate change action group has been calling on the Government to abandon plans to licence over 100 new oil and gas projects by 2025. And they want them to do more to help people with their skyrocketing energy bills.

According to the group, since its campaign began on April 1, Just Stop Oil supporters have been arrested nearly 2,000 times, with five of their supporters currently in prison.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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