“Officer Pushes Arrested Activist Past Closed Railway Barrier at Extinction Rebellion Climate Protest in Leeuwarden”

A bizarre scene at the climate protest of Extinction Rebellion (XR) in Leeuwarden. Video footage shows how an officer pushes an arrested activist in front of him, past a railway crossing where at that moment the barriers are closed and the red light is on. The officer pushes the activist past the barriers and stops right next to the track, just before a train rumbles past at high speed.

Extinction Rebellion demonstrated on Saturday in Leeuwarden against the agricultural industry. About 170 demonstrators marched past the Rabobank, the Provinciehuis and FrieslandCampina. According to XR, Rabobank and FrieslandCampina are companies that maintain the existing agricultural system. “We have a large pile of shit that we are going to deposit with the message: Rabo clean up your shit. They should just stop financing the agribusiness and go completely organic.” thus Dirk Kuiken of the Frisian department of Extinction Rebellion.