Thread by @damiengayle

Day 9 of #ExtinctionRebellion: protesters are gathering between Tower Bridge and City Hall. XR promises a “new occupation”.

Already this morning, @RebelsAnimal protesters have blockaded an @ArlaDairyUK distribution centre, while other activists have occupied the offices of @wwf_uk. Read my report from earlier. theguardian.com/environment/20…

The #extinctionrebellion protesters at city hall are on the march, led by the protest samba band.

#ExtinctionRebellion protesters marching into London Bridge station

Pretty good drumming acoustics in here, tbf

“When it comes to driving the extinction that everyone’s worried about it’s the continued investment in fossil fuels and the City needs to mend its ways as quickly as possible.”

@sianberry, London mayor candidate for @TheGreenParty, with #extinctionrebellion at London Bridge.

#ExtinctionRebellion have blocked the road at the south end of London Bridge

Police draw batons and attack #ExtinctionRebellion protesters as they board the bus blocking the road

“It was an act of aggression in the face of non-violent civil disobedience ... it begs the question of what instructions were these officers given this morning.”

#ExtinctionRebellion founder @gailbradbrook describes the scene at London Bridge.

A broken window on the #ExtinctionRebellion bus after the police use force to take control.

Video provided to me by an observer appears to show police using a headlock and hammer fist strikes on an #extinctionrebellion protester aboard their bus road block at London Bridge.

As police impose a section 14 order on the area around London Bridge #ExtinctionRebellion protesters prepare to march on. Protesters remain on the bus in police custody. This woman is glued to a window.

Protesters remain locked on beneath the #ExtinctionRebellion bus as well.

“They were breaking windows and beating people up who were just sitting there. It’s the police committing mindless violence when they’re supposed to be protecting us.”

Carol Jones, 66, from Southport, on what she saw at #ExtinctionRebellion’s London Bridge roadblock.

The #ExtinctionRebellion protest march is now making its way west through the SE1 area, led by the samba band.

Police making damn sure that #ExtinctionRebellion don’t get on to Southwark Bridge.

#ExtinctionRebellion causing a samba road block now at the junction of Southwark street and Southwark Bridge road. I’ll leave them here to write my story.

My story on today’s events. Feels like the Met’s tactics marked a step change in the force’s approach to #ExtinctionRebellion theguardian.com/environment/20…