Just Stop Oil protesters arrested in Parliament Square

Just Stop Oil protesters have been arrested for failing to move out of the road in Parliament Square in their latest slow march.The group said 10 supporters, including a wheelchair-dependent, retired cook and members of Christian Climate Action, were detained by police on Wednesday.They were among a larger group of 56 activists who were staging a slow march near the Houses of Parliament, following earlier protest action in west London when the A4 was blocked during rush hour.JSO has held demonstrations every day since April 24, and has pledged to carry on indefinitely until the Government stops granting new licences for gas, coal and oil.At 11.16hrs, Section 12 conditions were issued to Just Stop Oil #protestors, #slowmarching in the road at Parliament Square.By 11.30hrs, they had moved off the road, and traffic was moving. A number of arrests were made.— Metropolitan Police Events (@MetPoliceEvents) May 31, 2023Those arrested included grandmother Ari Rox, 74, from Exeter, who has post-polio syndrome and uses a wheelchair, along with her carer for the day, Larch Maxey, who were removed from Parliament Square in a taxi.Mr Maxey told the PA news agency the Government should do the “honourable thing” and stop issuing the new licences for fossil fuels, adding: “We’re here at the heart of democracy asking for that demand to be met.”The group posted footage online of the protests on roads near West Kensington tube station on Wednesday morning, including the A4, with one police officer dragging a supporter along the ground by his hi-vis vest amid attempts to clear the way.Officers have power under the new Public Order Act to make activists move out of the road or face arrest.An entry on the Metropolitan Police Events Twitter account at 8.45am said that the road was clear.Wednesday’s march followed protests on Tuesday where JSO supporters blocked four bridges in London.???? BREAKING: Police Resort To Dragging Just Stop Oil Supporters Off Road???? At 8am, four groups of Just Stop Oil supporters began