Tom Bennett of Studio Bark was charged with breaching section 14 of the 1986 Public Order Act after his arrest earlier this year for his role in the mass demonstrations highlighting the planet’s growing climate emergency.
Arrested during XR’s blockade of Waterloo Bridge on Saturday 20 April, Bennett was among about 60 climate change activists entering their pleas for similar offences at the City of London Magistrates’ Court on (August 30th).
UK Architect Tom Bennett of Studio Bark was arrested during the April 20th Extinction Rebellion-led (XR) climate protests that gripped London and other cities. The protests, part of an "international rebellion" organized against climate inaction, were met with a heavy police presence in London and elsewhere.
In an Architect's Journal essay written after his arrest, Bennett explains, "The ARB and RIBA codes of conduct require that I inform them if I think I may have brought the profession into disrepute. I’ve viewed my participation in XR as a natural extension of my duty towards the public interest," adding, "But I’m also aware that the codes of conduct oblige me to avoid run-ins with the law. I do not feel that I have brought the profession into disrepute, but I also recognise this is a matter for others to decide. To that end, I will be writing to the ARB and RIBA pending the outcome of the ongoing legal process."
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"They glued themselves to trains. They blocked major landmarks. They poured fake blood onto the streets."
That beats reviewing shops any day of the week.
Haha. I agree.
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