Police break up protests and make arrests in London - citing Coronavirus legislation
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Police break up protests and make arrests in London - citing Coronavirus legislation
Footage from Trafalgar Square and Whitehall in Central London today (September 5) where an environmental protest by Extinction Rebellion was broken up by police who cited coronavirus legislation not allowing more than 30 people to gather outdoors.
Later, police similarly tried to break up an anti-child abuse protest on Whitehall.
Several arrests were witnessed of people not adhering to the rules.
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