Watch: Just Stop Oil protester shoved to the ground by aggressive passer-by

Just Stop Oil protests turned violent this morning as an aggressive passer-by hurled a female protester to the ground and smashed another’s mobile phone in the group’s latest slow march demonstration.

Video footage shows a man in black coming up from behind several marchers, ripping their banners from their hands and throwing the mobile phone of another protester across the road.

The demonstrators appeared to be holding a slow march that was holding up traffic, including a double-decker bus.

The march is a continuation of the 12-week-long protest by Just Stop Oil that has been ongoing since April 24.

The climate action group is demanding an end to all new oil, gas and coal projects in the UK.

Police said Just Stop Oil protesters were seen ‘walking slowly’ in three separate marches in London on Friday morning.

Protesters were seen in the road at Mansell Street, City of London, close to the Tower Hamlets border as well as from Queen Victoria Street to Fleet Street and in another procession from Bayswater Road towards Hyde Park.

In all three cases, police put a condition in place that protesters complied with, allowing traffic to pass.

The Met Police said: “At this stage, there are no further demonstrations by Just Stop Oil in London today.

“Police, however, continue monitoring the situation and are ready to respond to any other Just Stop Oil protests should they occur.”

Since the Just Stop Oil campaign launched on February 14 2022, there have been over 2,100 arrests and 138 people have spent time in prison, many without trial.

There are currently two Just Stop Oil supporters serving three year prison sentences.

One of those taking action as part of a mini march this morning, Adrian Johnson, 57, a former deputy headteacher, from Forneth, said: “Having taught high school science for thirty years, I trust the scientists. And they say there can be no new oil, gas or coal; yet our government is doing the opposite”.

He added: “We do this for our children, our grandchildren and everything we love and care about. If we break the law, we do that in support of law and order, civil society and everything we value, because all these are at risk as the climate deteriorates.”