A man has been caught on camera angrily going after marching protesters from the environmental group “Just Stop Oil.”
Video posted to Twitter shows the protesters walking down a London street as a man comes up behind them and starts ripping their banners from their hands. At one point the man knocks a cellphone from another person who was recording.
The man continues to rip banners from the hands of protesters and violently throws one protester, who appears to be a woman, to the ground. He shoves a few more protesters as well.
According to the BBC, Just Stop Oil has been holding daily “slow-march protests” on roads since April 24 — a campaign that has sparked public anger from motorists and pedestrians alike. The group is also known for defacing art and architecture with orange paint.
Watch the video below:
🚨 | NEW: A man decks a Just Stop Oil protestor and throws the social media guy's phone across the street… leaving it smashed to pieces pic.twitter.com/cYWAhLG6f1
— Politics UK (@PolitlcsUK) May 19, 2023
