A police force in London labelled Extinction Rebellion one of its “key threats” in a counter-terrorism assessment and provided awareness training on the climate crisis group across the capital, resulting in “intelligence” tip-offs, the Guardian can reveal. Another paragraph said: “The key issues continue to be threats relating to international terrorism and domestic terrorism. The Guardian has since heard from teachers and council workers across the country who have received Prevent training that referenced Extinction Rebellion. The one that did stand out was Extinction Rebellion and climate protesting.”A council housing officer whose borough falls within the counter-terrorism policing east region said two police officers provided a Prevent training session to staff in June last year in which they included Extinction Rebellion. “I was unable to concentrate for the rest of the session as I was so shocked by the appearance of Extinction Rebellion,” they said.

Source: The Guardian January 19, 2020 16:09 UTC