Police have been spotted marching a giant pink octopus to Trafalgar Square from Whitehall.
This comes as hundreds of thousands take to the streets as part of Extinction Rebellion’s third day of protests in central London as activists demand the government tackles the climate crisis.
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It appears to many on-lookers that the giant fish has been “kettled” by law enforcement – a controversial technique used to contain a protest.
A clip of police escorting the octopus made its way online, and it’s become a bit of Twitter hero.
The clip, by journalist Liam O'Hare is making the rounds for, well obvious reasons.
@Liam_O_Hare @cjayanetti This is not the permitted zone for octopi, sir, please move alone. https://t.co/fyk4w9bhjh— Moon (@Moon) 1570615665
@matthewchampion @garius https://t.co/LKF0GIhskq— Ian Murphy (@Ian Murphy) 1570614247
Before long, the jokes started
the suspect was heavily armed https://t.co/qNhN5C5Kth— Matthew Champion (@Matthew Champion) 1570613601
@Liam_O_Hare @DPJHodges It’s armless— Chris Noon (@Chris Noon) 1570613516
@Liam_O_Hare It's a cephaloplod!— Paul Ekblom #FBPPR (@Paul Ekblom #FBPPR) 1570613422
@Liam_O_Hare Should have called in The Flying Squid— Chris Borrill (@Chris Borrill) 1570614101
@Liam_O_Hare @MsMarmitelover Police described the situation as a calamari.......sorry calamity— DG (@DG) 1570612549
@Liam_O_Hare Charged with an eight crime— Mark Holliday (@Mark Holliday) 1570614289
@Liam_O_Hare @djunasaurus The UK version of Cloverfield.— Cave Art Films (@Cave Art Films) 1570613454
Almost 600 protesters from the group were arrested on Monday and Tuesday, while prime minister Boris Johnson mocked activists as “unco-operative crusties”. There was even a pun about that.
@Liam_O_Hare @marthasydenham This must be one of the uncooperative crustaceans that Boris Johnson was talking about— Paul Crockford (@Paul Crockford) 1570614434
It was eventually spotted safe and sound in Trafalgar Square
Police officers yesterday handed out notices across Westminster, where campaigners kept an overnight vigil, in an attempt to reduce the disruption in the capital and concentrate the action on one area.
However, protesters glued themselves to the Department for Transport building and to the underside of a lorry outside the Home Office in defiance of the notices.
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