Cambridge Fossil Fools Day Protest at RBS Bank

Platypus Bill | 01.04.2008 16:27 | Climate Chaos | Cambridge

The Royal Bank of Scotland is one of the main financiers of climate crime, in the form of oil and gas exploration. After targeting the Trinity Street branch last year, this time protesters paid a visit to the Hills Road Branch to mark the occasion of Fossil Fools Day.

Two protesters climbed the canopy and unfurled a banner.

Others handed out leaflets. Here the RBS manager admires the slogan.

A BBC Radio Cambridgeshire reporter interviewed the protesters.

Police mainly occupied themselves with making the road unsafe.

This copper alleges never to have heard of FIT.

Actions took place all over the country.

Platypus Bill

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Good job!

02.04.2008 12:44

Good Work! Looks like a good protest!

The cop in the photo is PC 732 Umar Siddique, is at a lot animal rights demos and it thought to be part of NETCU.

NETCU

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01.04.2008 22:09

It might be best to blur faces of activists if this kind of direct action is depicted again in the future, as we all know Special Branch pay close attention to sites like Indymedia.

Tactical Note...

Blurring faces

02.04.2008 10:57

I appreciate your comment. I did ask everyone there if they wanted to appear in the pictures (not the coppers of course). In truth, the police will have (digital) drawer's full of their own pictures of most of the activists involved.

I do agree that we should never publish pictures where activists appear recognizably without their consent. No need making FIT's job any easier. The copper with the video camera there wasn't FIT actually, given that I stood in front of him for a while blocking his view and he never moved.

Platypus Bill

Nice one Cambridge

02.04.2008 16:29

Did you use space hoppers to get you up on that roof ?

Keep up the good work.

Bernie