Campaigners released red dye into the fountains in protest against animal farming, police say
Two people have been held on suspicion of criminal damage after red dye was released into London's Trafalgar Square fountains, police said. The stunt was in protest against animal farming with campaigners claiming the government had"blood on [its] hands".Demonstrators, some of whom stood up to their knees in the red water, alleged that the Covid-19 pandemic was caused by animal exploitation.
A tweet by the Met said:"Two people have been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage following an incident at the fountains in Trafalgar Square earlier today.
MaZ_64 On suspicion? they watched them do it.
Looks festive
Looks better that the shitty water that’s normally in it.....
Since we no longer need to eat animals, and since they feel pain and want to live, we should stop slaughtering them. Let’s look at it from their point of view, instead of ours. We could also re-wild large amounts of land and preserve the ocean better.
More 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡 just what we need right now...
All criminals need to be caught and prosecuted, including the Bristol mod that pulled down statues and the BLM criminals.
If they had said they were BLM protestors instead of animal rights they would have walked.
I am beginning 2 abstain from supporting any groups that continue 2 cause damage 2 our statues, fountains etc this is just outright criminal damage they should be thrown in jail there are better ways to protest without this crap if she was my daughter she’d have a sore backside
Idiot's
Won't do a day.
total morons
lets see what the law allows , 5000 fine and 10 years in prison
Lucky they didn't p*ss in it, they might be in trouble...
Shame on the government for arresting these people. What a powerful and important statement. The government most certainly DOES have blood on its hands.
Khanage
Hope they pay for the damage caused
BBCLondonNews They should be made to pay clean up costs ! And 10 years jail !!! Then it won’t happen ever again makeexample DefundTheBBC nameandshame
Protest or not it’s vandalism at the very least.
Should had floated a BLM logo in the water, they would have been exempt from arrest..
StarkeyHazel The police stood by while they were doing it cowards
Absolute joke, I will eat meat thanks very tasty, I respect you don’t want to eat meat! But stop trying to make others follow you
The punishment should start with the FULL costs of arresting and trying them, as well as the full cost of removing the dye from the fountains and the water. Punitive sentencing should be imposed additionally, of course.
Are you sure it wasn’t just a heavy period?
They should be made to pay to clean it up.
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2 white people arrested instantly for red dye. Yet the black lives matter protest went ahead and braking the law and causing criminal damage and civil unrest. Yet nothing?. This country is a shambles
or Horatio. one of the greats.
Dumb protest by dumb bored kids with nothing better to do!
Hope they pay for clean up ,
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BBCLondonNews And The Police looked on,about right.
YvonneHills4 When are these pathetic excuses for human beings going to realise that the sane majority are sick of their childish stunts , although I am surprised to see one actually in water
Hope the dye was vegan & not say cochineal? & that the pens & card they used for the placard were vegan? Or their clothes, flare & masks? Oh I forgot they're happy to use petrol based man made fibres. & cardboard is paper from trees & they don't seem to think plants r living too
Lock em up and throw away the key 🔑 🤔
How could you detained pro democracy protesters
String them up !
Give them 10 years ...
You cant expect everyone in the UK to start eating plant based products, fair enough if you want to eat them then fine, but you can't force everyone to do that, its our own choice what we want to eat
Wait. The Dick thing will apologize to them
Lorraineninorc An assault on public property is an assault on the people. Sadly, I fear a slap on the wrist and a tiny fine (won't cover the cost of clean up) will in no way act as a deterrent for future vandalism by Animal Extinction.
Good on whoever did it hope people back them up,.
Way to go... Protest animal cruelty by performing animal cruelty... How many birds rely on that water source in london? Also Now chemicals will be transferred to the environment from having to drain it and clean it. What an absolute bunch of cockwombles! 😡
Throw the bloody book at them and make a example of them
Veganism gone mad
Good for them. I prefer all other species to humans.
Better than bubble bath in Nottingham’s
Restore Free Speech Repeal 'anti-hate' laws Stop misuse of HR 'Activism' should be abolished in the light of the state-sponsored wrecking of America. BBC must restore balance by condemning BlackLivesMatter lies.
Idiots should do jail time.
Will they spend time in prison for it? Maybe that bloke who got jailed for taking a piss should’ve pissed in the fountain!
DonnaAr56519624 Did they hand themselves in?
But it looks so nice . . .
3 year jail sentence
Dye hard with a vengeance
Dont think it should say the government, lets start with China!
would have let you off if you were a black,hard luck,respect from me though
Make them clean it up and several years in jail
Wht did the metpoliceuk stand by and do nothing to stop it, is crime prevention a thing of the past now
They were right though.
Will it be White the Blue in the fountains next... Most patriotic.. 🇬🇧
Caught red handed
Why don't all animal activists take the place of the animals jn slaughter houses, if you care that much about commodity animals then save there lives with your own.
smeemartin Take them to the cleaners
I do appreciate their cause. Seriously. But it's like we don't have enough fecking problems as it is. Fecking overload.
Idiots.
So they are vegans who have gone a bit nuts
Covered in red dye standing in a red fountain carrying a placard saying “blood on your hands”. If they were black, they would have been let off with an apology.
I support everything to do with animals, but these spineless cowards all creeping around while everyone is home and defacing stuff, are too much. They are scum, whatever the cause.
For Christ's sake! Did you have to go that far? Damaging property should be out of bounds when declaring a message. (in my view)
“Suspicion” jezz.
Brightens the place up a bit!
Halal?
lynn_taylor503 Criminal damage. What about all the BLM protestors defacing our statues.
I thought it was Moses.
We're they protesting about gammon?
147 more dead today BBC where is the outrage all in England how many have to die before you point the finger ? gutless cowards - scared of the Govt bbclaurak bbcnickrobinson BBCNormanS BBCPolitics AndrewMarr9
Should’ve put pink bubble bath in it instead.
Send them the bill for correcting what they've done
Maximum punishment to deter others
Was it a protest against halal slaughter?
Grow up (some) people. The police cannot do anything but charge someone with 'suspicion of' something. It is for Magistrates, Judges and Juries to decide on guilt or innocence. That is how our laws work. (Or would younorefer the police to take on all roles? No. I thought not).
'suspicion' lol.
Make them pay every penny of the clear up/ repair or stick them in a hard jail till they find the money
so the British government must make the popular move of turning meat into a black market & destroy the British countryside *which depends upon extensive farming* to prevent future zoonotic pandemics emerging from anywhere in the globe yeah that makes total sense
Ha
Suspicion? The film of the perpetrators is here on twitter. Open & shut case.
So theirs no biblical reckoning then?
MaryLou4559 Charge them 4 the clean up
They should be sentenced to two weeks in the fountain morons
More ideots
It’s time that we returned to preventative policing.That means they stop criminal acts, they don’t watch them, don’t tie rainbow laces in their boots, dance, engage with XR scum or BlM arseholes defacing or removing statues & they close down sweat shops in Momentum/Labour areas!
Jeez, let's get over Covid before these idiots start up again
ScumMedia strikes again suspicion 🙈🙈🙈
They should be made to drink it.
Fantastic news. Enjoyed my 8oz Aberdeen Angus Steak cooked on the bbq even more tonight, knowing they got arrested, with chips and peas in case you’re wondering.
Only two?... what about the rest of the soap dodgers?
That will be a pain in the ass to clean. Make the suspects do it.
Please don't punish them by telling them what most animals eat 🙄. As an animal lover myself I often kill and eat animals to stop them from killing and eating other animals!
What did they damage? Water? Can you damage water?
People who are found guilty should be made to pay the cost of clear up and damages.🇬🇧
Right as well
Total dumkoff numptys you are sooooo not reading the mood of this fine country
How many chemicals will be used to clear their crap up?
What is it with all these rebellion cults , I for one will continue to eat meat as and when it suits me, it’s ridiculous for bullies like this who commit criminal damage to be allowed to take these actions
Prats.
If I was there I would b shearing a big ass burger in their face
They will be lefties or corbynites darreneffard
Let them go! They are telling the truth! ASPBristol turn a blind eye to the thugs in Bristol so do the same to these! Hypocritical!
PSmythe800 The absolute truth!!!!!!
There was also a peaceful protest on Trafalgar Square at the same time, against political repressions in Belarus, with some 100 people attending. Yet, as the Belarusian protests was peaceful, no media reports about it:
Good, hope they are charged too not just let go now the headlines have been released
Animal rebellion now? 🤣😂
Why are the bbc giving this oxygen?
Keep calm and have a bacon sarnie!!
Nothing new with this stupidity, just shows naivety, narrow mindedness, immaturity of our society in this day and age. Bet all participants were on benefits for mental illness, or products of our university system. Waste of governmemt money either way
Here we go again, they'll get released, taken out for a kfc and Cressida Dick will apologise...
When will they have the backbone to protest against Halal
Make the pay for the clean up these terrorists need stopping
PSmythe800 Make them clean every inch
If convicted those arrested should be made to pay for the fountain to be cleaned up.
Bring back the stock’s
Nothing will happen to them
Black would have probably been more acceptable
Someone listened to too much Lost Society
Idiots 🤬🤬 make them clean it and then throw them in it 🤬🤬
You mean the police didn't watch and do nothing this time.. Well done..
Gosh And the embezzlement of £bns how's that panarama investigation going...
The perpetrators must pay for the damage. Plus clean it out themselves under strict police supervision!
Looks good reward them make me smile
Enough causes already!!
Too bloody right. Make them clean it up.
Bit late with that one. Tony Blair is not in power now.
Make them pay for everything to get it sorted and have them clean it with i am the twat that messed this up sign on there back
Make them pay for the clean up £££££
Oh yea like that’s gonna work
Tell them to go to China & protest!
Make them clean up the fountains and pay for the damage done as part of the sentence!
Red dyes matter
Don't worry Dick will apologise and release them with a $5.00 Asda voucher tomorrow
Total disgrace this is vandalism pure and simple and no point in trying to disguise it as anything else. They quite rightly have been arrested and charged.
I hope they can afford to pay for the damage.
Yazzy_321 Where's the damage?
I wonder why they aren’t protesting outside the bio weapons laboratory in Wuhan ?
MaizyDaizyZzzz I’d make them scrub it out then fine them then jail them
It's stunts like these which keep the tories in charge.
She is holding a placard that says 'The Govt has blood on it's hands' sounds about right.
'SUSPICION of criminal damage' - the whole bloody world watched her do it!
I was watching it out of the window of 5 Guys.
So you get arrested for an “animal rights” protest but you can deface our war memorials and that’s ok?
Yes. That's the criminal damage people should be worried about.
I would like to see how these people hold no blood if they take over the power
Hold Johnson and Cummings on suspicion of corporate murder
Please can we have Glastonbury put back on and all the other festivals. Its seems too many people are bored at the moment.
Surely the more pandemics the less humans, so they should be happy with that?!
Make them pay for all repairs ,not a slap on wrist.Why should tax payers have to pay for these morons.
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Protesting by filling a fountain with red dye mimicking blood isn't exactly going to help their cause. Quite the opposite infact.
They can bog off, cheeky gits. We don’t listen to veggies
I did wonder when they would surface. With other campaigns getting attention, they wouldn’t miss an opportunity to be “relevant” again.
Oh children you know its not big and makes you look silly, now take the mop and clean it up or you don't get any tea. And it's your favorite- Ham and Cheese sandwiches.....
Get caught red handed did they !!
Defund red dye now!!
Anyone willing to bet on the outcome? I start the bidding with ‘media silence and no further action’ . Because vandalism is ok if it’s in the name of the correct ‘cause’. Qualified law and enforcement is now common in the UK.
Enoch would be proud
And you say American's are crazy
They should have just blagged it and said they’re Liverpool fans
A point well made.
Shouldn’t they be campaigning in China?
The Covid-19 pandemic was caused by wild animals. Not by animal farming. These protesters are so stupid.
Absolute degenerates
Brilliant, visual direct action gets news column inches! And of course their political point is very, very salient. They'll be so chuffed at having pulled this off! 👍👍👌
More morons on the loose - isn’t it about time they got proper fines? £15-£20k ought to do it
why not make them pay to have it cleaned up why is it that tax payers have to keep footing the bill for these protesters
Caught red handed 😀
I have 2 wheely bins full of red dye imagine the damage I could do 😂
Protest against halal slaughter?
suspicion?!
But SadiqKhan doesn’t How many homicides in London since his tenure🤷🏻♂️
I really miss that sandwich board bloke who used to trail up and down Oxford Street decaring: 'The end of the world is nigh'. Please come back and bring some sanity with you!
I hate veganazi's How can they pollute a water source for animals. What fools!
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How silly!
Kinda missing the point... as usual.
Good for them. That may be in the history books when people look back at the nation’s response to covid.
Once again Liverpool fans again
BloodOnTheirHands quite good !!
Cressida will probably apologise on behalf of the officers who arrested them.
Tw4ts!
Arseholes. Bang them up.
OK I give in, who are Animal rebellion?
Looks like someone forgot their tampax when they went for a paddle in the fountain.
idiots
Crackpots
Is this worse then pulling down statues? Or is it becasue they are white? Black privilege
Soap flakes would have been funnier
Will these get at least two weeks in jail?
Pair of red necks
Did they damage some politicians feelings or what ?
No red panted
How come they didn't do this with the riots from the BlackLivesMatter Cult and Far Right groups?
Were they caught red-handed?
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