A passer-by aimed angry criticism at Extinction Rebellion (XR) activists in Cardiff city centre as the climate protest group occupied Barclays bank. Seven XR members had chained themselves to the interior of the bank in St David's Way at around 12pm on Monday to protest its funding of fossil fuels.
One man walking past the protest at 3.40pm stopped to criticise the demonstrators. He told David, a 36-year-old XR member from west Cardiff, that the group was causing "chaos". By this point police had already used bolt cutters to remove all seven of the chained protesters and marched them into police vans.
David, who was supporting the protest with placards opposing Barclays' investment in fossil fuels, told the passer-by: "The police have caused it [the chaos]." But the man replied: "No, you've caused the chaos."
