Police detain 209 climate change protesters over London blockades
London - Police said they had detained 209 people by Tuesday evening as hundreds of Extinction Rebellion climate change activists blocked several main roads in central London for a second day.
"We have officers out on the ground engaging with protesters and local communities to ensure proportionate policing plans are in place," Chief Superintendent Colin Wingrove said. Activists parked a trailer with a pink boat bearing the message "Tell the truth" at Oxford Circus, one of London's busiest shopping areas, on Monday.Some activists blocked carriageways with plants, sculptures, tents and other objects.The police issued an order banning the protesters from Oxford Street, after an earlier order for the bridge, but allowed them to continue at Marble Arch.
"If we don't take action, the collapse of our civilisations and the extinction of much of the natural world is on the horizon," Attenborough said.
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