JUST STOP OIL: Wheelchair bound protester arrested and taken away by police using black cab

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Ten Just Stop Oil supporters were arrested in Parliament Square today after refusing to leave the road in line with Police orders. They were slow marching with around 56 others to demand an end to new oil and gas.

After causing chaos on the A4 and surrounding roads in West London earlier that morning, 66 Just Stop Oil supporters gathered in Parliament Square from 10:45am to march in the road. Police issued a Public Order Act (S.12) notice by 11:20am and began to clear the road. Ten supporters resisted and were subsequently arrested. They included supporters from Christian Climate Action and a wheelchair user.

One of those arrested today, Ari Rox, is a grandmother and has post-polio syndrome making her wheelchair dependent for the last 15 years. Rox was taken to the police station using an electric black cab with wheelchair access.

Rox said: “I’ve come to London to join the Just Stop Oil march for my children and grandchildren. They are the ones who are going to have to face the mess that is being imposed on us in Britain, by our illegitimate government. We’re not asking that all oil is immediately stopped.

“We are simply asking the government to stop issuing new licences for oil, gas and coal. We have enough to make the transition to renewables, which are nine times cheaper. We have the technology to make this happen, it is the lack of political will that is the problem.”