{"id":213790,"date":"2020-09-20T08:13:59","date_gmt":"2020-09-20T08:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=213790"},"modified":"2020-09-23T04:44:22","modified_gmt":"2020-09-23T04:44:22","slug":"anti-lockdown-protesters-clash-with-police-in-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=213790","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Lockdown Protesters Clash with Police in London"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Anti-mask mayhem in Trafalgar Square: Police arrest 32 as conspiracy theorists clash with officers and hundreds rail against Covid restrictions in central London protest<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><strong>Hundreds of anti-lockdown protesters clashed with Metropolitan Police at a mass rally at Nelson&#8217;s column<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><strong>Army of police moved in on angry demonstrators defying Boris Johnson&#8217;s coronavirus restrictions today<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><strong>Protesters carried placards warning &#8216;this is now tyranny&#8217; and &#8216;plandemic&#8217; while others called Covid-19 a &#8216;hoax&#8217;<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><strong>Outnumbered officers were pushed back by the huge Resist And Act For Freedom Rally in central London<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_213791\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Sept-19-Trafalgar-Square-anti-lockdown-protest.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-213791\" class=\"wp-image-213791\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Sept-19-Trafalgar-Square-anti-lockdown-protest-768x513.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Sept-19-Trafalgar-Square-anti-lockdown-protest-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Sept-19-Trafalgar-Square-anti-lockdown-protest-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Sept-19-Trafalgar-Square-anti-lockdown-protest.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-213791\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hundreds of anti-lockdown protesters including conspiracy theorists have clashed with police at a mass rally in Trafalgar Square today organised by opponents of the Government&#8217;s coronavirus restrictions. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Jack Wright \u2013 Daily Mail Sept 19, 2020<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">More than 30 people have been arrested after violent scuffles between protesters and police at a large anti-vax, anti-lockdown protest in central London.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Hundreds descended on Trafalgar Square on Saturday afternoon for a &#8220;Resist And Act For Freedom&#8221; rally, including some bearing 5G conspiracy placards and signs declaring Covid-19 a &#8220;hoax&#8221;, with police repelled by human blockades as they tried to clear the area around Nelson&#8217;s column.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Dozens of officers, including some on horseback and in riot gear, were pushed back by crowds who chanted and cheered, with some throwing missiles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">At least one protester was seen with a bloodied head while another was seen receiving medical attention on the ground, but the London Ambulance Service did not immediately have information on any injuries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The London landmark was cleared of protesters after 5pm, and Scotland Yard said 32 people were arrested.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_213793\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/This-is-now-tyranny-lockdown-protest-Trafalgar-Squ-Sept-19-2020.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-213793\" class=\"wp-image-213793\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/This-is-now-tyranny-lockdown-protest-Trafalgar-Squ-Sept-19-2020-768x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/This-is-now-tyranny-lockdown-protest-Trafalgar-Squ-Sept-19-2020-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/This-is-now-tyranny-lockdown-protest-Trafalgar-Squ-Sept-19-2020-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/This-is-now-tyranny-lockdown-protest-Trafalgar-Squ-Sept-19-2020.jpg 962w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-213793\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anti lockdown protesters in Trafalgar Square, London, Sept 19, 2020. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The force said the large crowds were &#8220;putting themselves and others at risk&#8221; just a day after Mayor of London Sadiq Khan warned it is &#8220;increasingly likely&#8221; restrictions will be needed to slow the spread of coronavirus in the capital, adding he was &#8220;extremely concerned&#8221; about the rate of transmission in London.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The number of cases per 100,000 people over seven days is reported to have increased in London from 18.8 to around 25.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Police said they had to take &#8220;enforcement action to disperse&#8221; the crowds after officers who had attempted to &#8220;explain, engage and encourage them to leave&#8221; were met with &#8220;hostility&#8221; and &#8220;violence&#8221; from some demonstrators.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Traffic around Trafalgar Square came to a halt during the demonstration, with one protester seen apparently spitting through the open window of a taxi whose driver had beeped the horn in frustration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The protest was advertised with an image showing a vaccine bottle and urging people to &#8220;Come together, resist and act&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Protests are exempt from new legal restrictions introduced on Monday limiting groups to six, but only if it is &#8220;organised in compliance with Covid-19 Secure guidance&#8221;, the Government said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">\u00a0In other coronavirus developments today:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">London Mayor Sadiq Khan held an emergency meeting about the &#8216;accelerating speed&#8217; of Covid in the capital and said that extra coronavirus restrictions would be required;\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">A further 4,322 confirmed cases were recorded nationally &#8211; the highest total since May 8 &#8211; with public officials warning that Covid-19 was &#8216;spreading widely&#8217; around the UK;\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Official figures suggest the total has almost doubled in a week to around 6,000 a day in England alone;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Local lockdown restrictions were extended to cover around 13 million people, with 3.5 million more affected in the North West, West Yorkshire and the Midlands;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The Scottish and Welsh leaders, as well as the Labour leader, called for an emergency Cobra meeting;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Police warned coronavirus remained a &#8216;deadly threat&#8217; and called for compliance with the Rule of Six\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-8750505\/Anti-mask-mayhem-Trafalgar-Square-Conspiracy-theorists-clash-police.html\">Continues \u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_gjRt_wDq1w\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>32 arrests as demonstrators clash with police in Trafalgar Square after London Mayor Saddique Khan warns that extra restrictions will be imposed to control the \u2018pandemic\u2019 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[106,105,58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-213790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-5g","category-coronavirus","category-Current_Affairs"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=213790"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":213797,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213790\/revisions\/213797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=213790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=213790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=213790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}