The Metropolitan Police have said that popular climate change activist, Greta Thunberg has been charged with a public order offence after a protest outside a central London hotel.
According to reports, the 20-year-old was one of 26 people charged following Tuesday’s rally outside the InterContinental Hotel in Park Lane which was hosting a major meeting of oil executives.
The protesters were reportedly asked to move from the road onto the pavement to avoid breaching the conditions.
Thunberg – whose address was given by police as ‘Dorset’ – was charged with failing to comply with a condition on public assemblies.
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Images that have now made the rounds show thhe Swedish activist smiling as she was detained by officers and led to a waiting police van after joining a protest outside the Energy Intelligence Forum (EIF) – formerly the Oil and Money conference.
In footages shared on social media, officers could be seen frogmarching the campaigner to the van as other protesters were told to stand back.
Thunberg had earlier spoken outside the hotel as part of a protest organised by Fossil Free London against the EIF event, urging eco-activists to ‘reclaim the power’ and hitting out at ‘spineless’ politicians for failing to act on global warming.
Story was adapted from Daily Mail.
