- Protestors obstruct ambulance, arrests follow.
- JSO’s response and legal charges.
- Ongoing climate crisis campaign.
The Metropolitan Police estimated that over forty individuals were detained and released photographs of the incident in central London.
Just Stop Oil (JSO) protesters have been accused of obstructing the path of an ambulance with “blue lights on” as the vehicle attempted to pass through a London bridge demonstration.
Protestor Actions and Police Response
Police estimate that officers executed over forty arrests subsequent to protestors remaining in the roadway on Waterloo Bridge, with a portion of them marching slowly in the direction of The Strand.
Traffic on the bridge was being backed up due to the march, according to the Metropolitan Police; an ambulance with “blue lights on” was among those affected.
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JSO’s Response and Ambulance Obstruction
Following this, JSO claimed on X (formerly Twitter) that the ambulance’s obstruction appeared to be the work of police officers “so they can attribute it to a protest march moving in the opposite direction.”
It appeared that two photographs shared by the Met depicted the congestion.
According to the police, this is a portion of the obstruction that JSO is generating on Waterloo Bridge.
“Among the vehicles is an ambulance that is unable to pass due to its blue lights.”
Officers make arrests while repeatedly requesting that the activists vacate the road to allow traffic to pass.
Earlier, police had issued a warning to protestors marching slowly across Waterloo Bridge that they would be arrested if they did not vacate the road to continue their demonstration.
Officers noted that five JSO activists who had protested on Waterloo Bridge moved the slow march to The Strand.
“Beyond them lie the last activists on the pathway.” They are accompanied by officers who are conducting arrests, they further stated.
Later, the police verified that every activist had exited the roadway.
The number of those apprehended, they stated, would be confirmed in due time.
Legal Charges and Protests Continue
It follows the charging of 44 JSO activists on Monday in response to the unrest in London.
The Metropolitan Police stated that the accusations include two individuals who allegedly shattered the glass cover of a painting that was once renowned for being slashed by a suffragette at the National Gallery.
Criminal damage charges were brought against Hanan Ameur, 22, of Hornsey Road, Islington, north London, and Harrison Donnelly, 20, of Sillitoe Way, Nottingham.
The remaining 42 activists were formally accused of highway obstruction.
As campaigners marched quietly in Whitechapel on Monday, police made 100 arrests, some near the Cenotaph.
The campaign organisation was charged with targeting the war memorial, an allegation it categorically rejected, claiming that police officers had redirected protesters to its base in order to clear the road of traffic.
Climate Crisis Protest and Ongoing Campaign
JSO wants the UK government to stop all new gas and oil projects to fight the climate catastrophe.
Presently, a four-week campaign of demonstrations is in progress.
Thirty-five individuals were apprehended on November 1 for marching along West Cromwell Road in Kensington. And an additional sixty were apprehended in Parliament Square on October 30, two days prior.
