Extinction Rebellion | Photographs by Lexie

In April 2019, thousands of protestors took to the streets of London to block major junctions in London. They blocked Marble Arch, Oxford Circus, Parliament Square and Waterloo Bridge. They were protesting about climate change under the name of Extinction Rebellion. These images show the a staged die-in at the Natural History Museum, the police clearance of Oxford Circus, and the release of an arrest able from court.

Extinction Rebellion stage a 'die-in' at the Natural History Museum

In April, 2019, 4 major sites in London were brought to a standstill by thousands of protestors staging ‘peaceful protests’. The sites were Marble Arch, Oxford Circus, Waterloo Bridge and Parliament Square. At the same time, other specific locations were chosen to raise awareness. In this image, dozens of Extinction Rebellion protestors were staging a ‘die-in’ at the Natural History museum in order to raise awareness for Climate Change and to ask the public and politicians to change their behaviors.

Police move in to clear Oxford Circus

After 5 days of protests, hundreds of police surrounded Oxford Circus to remove the protestors and open the roads to traffic again. Many of the protestors were not willing to be arrested (known by the group as 'non-arrestables') and so peacefully moved on when asked. However, a few protestors had chained themselves to each other, at times inside tubes of wire and heavy duty materials requiring specialist police teams to remove them. This group were known as 'arrestables'. The police remained polite and professional to the journalists and protestors throughout.