Extinction Rebellion cause a stir in Lincoln with human road blocks
Blocking traffic as part of national protests
Extinction Rebellion took part in civil disobedience in Lincoln on Saturday, sitting in the road to block traffic. | Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
Two Extinction Rebellion activists blocked Silver Street and the Bailgate in Lincoln by sitting in the road in protest of a lack of government action against climate change.
Two local people stopped traffic by peacefully blocking the road at 11am on Saturday morning, but weren’t without their share of criticism.
Rebels were met with hostility from some walking by, and traffic was held up as a result of the protest, with one pedestrian appearing to threatening to shoot the protestor on Silver Street, and another apparently assaulting the one at the Bailgate.