- Title: Extinction Rebellion co-founder arrested after smashing ministry window
- Date: 15th October 2019
- Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UK (OCTOBER 15, 2019) (REUTERS) CLIMATE CHANGE ACTIVIST AND EXTINCTION REBELLION CO-FOUNDER, GAIL BRADBROOK, SITTING ON TOP OF ENTRANCE TO TRANSPORT MINISTRY STICKING FLYER READING (English) 'HS2 IS OUR CLIMATE EMERGENCY' BRADBROOK SITTING POLICE VEHICLES DRIVING PAST / POLICE OUTSIDE ENTRANCE TO TRANSPORT MINISTRY BRADBROOK HAMMERING CHISEL INTO ENTRANCE WINDOW OF TRANSPORT MINISTRY BRADBROOK HAMMERING WINDOW AND MAKING STATEMENT HAMMER AND CHISEL / CLIMATE CHANGE ACTIVIST AND EXTINCTION REBELLION CO-FOUNDER, GAIL BRADBROOK, SAYING (English): "I do not want to be destroying things I want to be repairing things." POLICE LOOKING ON, MAN STANDING ON LADDER BRADBROOK HAMMERING WINDOW POLICE STANDING BY VARIOUS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ACTIVIST ON GROUND WITH POLICE POLICE SURROUNDING ACTIVIST ON GROUND / ACTIVIST SAYING (English): "Everybody who is not paying attention is numb right at the moment you know, we all use all the tactics we can to numb ourselves because this is pretty scary, I get it." POLICE STANDING OUTSIDE TRANSPORT MINISTRY POLICE SURROUNDING ACTIVIST ON GROUND / ACTIVIST SAYING (English): "These are people who have been protesting something that is going to cause a scar right across the belly of this land, taking out our woodlands, taking out the barn owls, taking out the butterflies, the bats and the badgers." BRADBROOK STANDING ON TOP OF ENTRANCE TO TRANSPORT MINISTRY / CHERRY-PICKER APPROACHING BRADBROOK TO REMOVE HER / BRADBROOK CHANTING (English): "Extinction Rebellion!" DRIVER / BRADBROOK HOLDING FLYER READING (English): 'HS2 IS OUR CLIMATE EMERGENCY' BRADBROOK ON TOP OF TRANSPORT MINISTRY CLIMATE CHANGE ACTIVIST BEING LED AWAY BY POLICE BRADBROOK BEING TAKEN DOWN BY CHERRY-PICKER BRADBROOK BEING LED AWAY BRADBROOK BEING PUT INTO POLICE VAN
- Embargoed: 29th October 2019 10:39
- Keywords: climate activists Extinction Rebellion climate change Vauxhall
- Location: LONDON, ENGLAND, UK
- City: LONDON, ENGLAND, UK
- Country: United Kingdom
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Civil Unrest
- Reuters ID: LVA001B17KU2V
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Climate change activists, including one of the founders of Extinction Rebellion, targeted Britain's transport ministry in central London on Tuesday (October 15) to protest against a proposed high-speed rail project known as HS2.
Gail Bradbrook, one of the founders of the group, climbed onto the top of the entrance of the transport ministry and put up a sign reading "HS2 is our climate emergency" above the revolving doors.
Bradbrook, invoking the example women's suffrage activist Emmeline Pankhurst, then tried to smash one of the ministry's windows with a hammer and screwdriver. She was later brought down by a police climber.
Another activist tried to lock herself to the transport ministry but was arrested.
Extinction Rebellion, which uses civil disobedience to highlight the risks posed by climate change and the accelerating loss of plant and animal species, is midway through a new two-week wave of actions in cities around the world.
Police ordered a halt to all Extinction Rebellion protests in London on Monday (October 14) after a week action, saying those who did not comply would be arrested. They have already made almost 1,500 arrests since the protests began.
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