UK Police Urge Public Not to ‘Directly Intervene’ With Road-Blocking Climate Protests

Screengrab from a video posted by Just Stop Oil of one of their activists being dragged off the street at Harleyford Street, just off Kennington Park Road, London, on Oct. 29, 2022. PA Media/Just Stop Oil

Members of the public should not “directly intervene” with climate activists blocking roads, and should contact the police instead, a UK police boss has said.

On Oct. 29, when activists from the Just Stop Oil group simultaneously blocked four roads in London, furious motorists dragged some protesters out of the way.