Metropolitan Police arrested nineteen persons for reportedly protesting against coronavirus lockdown measures in Hyde Park, United Kingdom, according to reports.
10 other persons were fined on the spot after a “relatively small group” of people gathered in the central London park on Saturday.
The arrests include the brother of former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, Piers Corbyn, who was taken away in handcuffs after he joined protesters with a megaphone, proclaiming that 5G and the coronavirus pandemic were linked.
Confirming the incident, Deputy Assistant Commissioner Laurence Taylor said “It was disappointing that a relatively small group in Hyde Park came together to protest the regulations in clear breach of the guidance, putting themselves and others at risk of infection.
“Officers once again, took a measured approach and tried to engage the group to disperse.
“They clearly had no intention of doing so, and so it did result in 19 people being arrested, and a further ten being issued with a fixed penalty notice.”
