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Released: An Arrest Reflection

Released: An Arrest Reflection The discussion about the Ark. On Monday 7th October 2019, a grey Monday in London, at 16.16 in the afternoon I was arrested. I did not expect to be arrested so early in the Extinction Rebellion protest. I had only arrived in London a few hours earlier and was still trying to meet up with my Christian Climate Action support group. I had just spent time on Lambeth bridge, aka the Faith Bridge, listening to talks, singing, and praying. I had responded to the Muslim call to prayer there by bowing my head and touching the tarmac three times. The police were not allowing people to pass over the Lambeth Bridge so I had to take a detour via Westminster bridge to get to the other side.  There I found a large group of people filling the junction at the end of the bridge, with stalls, gazebos, prayer flags, banners, a food stall, music, etc. As I walked around, it was good to see Kate, URC minister from Wythenshawe, whom I had met on the trainin...