Eight arrests in Edinburgh climate protests
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-11056560
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The article says the police are taking a reactive phase to the five day protest outside a RBS bank, after the weekend saw two activists arrested on site after they smashed windows and threw in a oil like substance.
The protests were aimed at climate change and RBS, which is partly owned by the tax payer and invests in the oil industry. The protests were spread out across Edinburgh with activists glueing themselves together in a RBS carpark, climbing the roof of Forth Energy and spilling vegetable oil on the A720.
"Work with us, respect our city and we will give you as much support as we can. However, you failed to do that yesterday and changed the rules."
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One campaigner who took part in Sunday's protest, Shaun Caulfield, said: "RBS is one of the biggest climate criminals in the UK."-BBC
The protests were aimed at climate change and RBS, which is partly owned by the tax payer and invests in the oil industry. The protests were spread out across Edinburgh with activists glueing themselves together in a RBS carpark, climbing the roof of Forth Energy and spilling vegetable oil on the A720.
"Work with us, respect our city and we will give you as much support as we can. However, you failed to do that yesterday and changed the rules."
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One campaigner who took part in Sunday's protest, Shaun Caulfield, said: "RBS is one of the biggest climate criminals in the UK."-BBC
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