{"id":3819,"date":"2023-01-19T04:55:41","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T04:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/savebritain.org\/?p=3819"},"modified":"2023-01-19T04:55:45","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T04:55:45","slug":"fake-arrest-for-photo-opportunity-footage-circulates-as-climate-activist-greta-thunberg-grabbed-by-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/savebritain.org\/fake-arrest-for-photo-opportunity-footage-circulates-as-climate-activist-greta-thunberg-grabbed-by-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Fake Arrest for Photo Opportunity? Footage Circulates as Climate Activist Greta Thunberg Grabbed by Police"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>While eco-related news focused on climate activist Greta Thunberg being detained by German police, footage allegedly from the scene suggests the event was more of a photo opportunity than a run-in with the law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Greta Thunberg was reportedly detained temporarily by German police in North Rhine-Westphalia on Tuesday after participating in a climate protest in the condemned town of L\u00fctzerath, which has been occupied by green agenda protesters attempting to halt the expansion of a nearby coal mine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is not the first time the Swedish activist has been confronted by police in the region, with Thunberg being dragged away from a similar protest on Sunday after refusing to comply with authorities&#8217; orders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Per Der Spiegel, despite initial reports that the Swede was arrested for participating in the protest, it was later clarified that she was only detained pending identification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thunberg appeared to confirm this on social media on Wednesday, telling her followers that she and other protesters were quickly released by police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Police kettled us and then detained us, but we were released later that evening,&#8221; the activist wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Others have raised concerns about the incident after footage of Thunberg with North Rhine-Westphalia police surfaced online, with some claiming that the footage shows a rather contrived version of events, with officers posing in a mock-detention with a laughing Thunberg for waiting photographers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Was <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GretaThunberg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GretaThunberg<\/a> arrested or was it a photoshoot? Hard to tell from this clip. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oqAHGF1ccX\">https:\/\/t.co\/oqAHGF1ccX<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Julia Hartley-Brewer (@JuliaHB1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JuliaHB1\/status\/1615593920863571968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 18, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Was [Greta Thunberg] arrested, or was it a photo shoot? &#8221; TalkTV&#8217;s Julia Hartley-Brewer inquired.&nbsp; \u201cHard to tell from this clip.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Others went so far as to call the event a &#8220;fake arrest,&#8221; despite the fact that no evidence was provided other than the video clips that circulated online.<\/p>\n<!-- wpsso rrssb get buttons: buttons on archive option not enabled -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While eco-related news focused on climate activist Greta Thunberg being detained by German police, footage allegedly from the scene suggests the event was more of a photo opportunity than a &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Fake Arrest for Photo Opportunity? 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