Occupy London has been listed as a domestic terrorist threat by the City of London Police. Its potential to disrupt businesses earned Occupy London a place among supposed terrorist groups in a brief produced by city police in early December.
The police have fought to silence Occupy London since it took over an abandoned building owned by financial giant UBS. The police are concerned that the occupiers may look for new places to peacefully occupy. Representatives from Occupy London have denied any terrorist connections and maintain that they are a strictly peaceful movement.
“The building has been abandoned for a good few years now and we think it is crazy for a bank to have it empty and not used when we know at the same time there are so many family homes that have been repossessed,” said Occupy London representative Spyro Van Leemnen.
“Occupying that building and giving it back to the community is definitely not a terrorist act.”
