Police say Rising Up report was commissioned as group had a ‘large following’ and concluded XR was not a threat
Counter-terrorism chiefs ordered a formal assessment of whether Extinction Rebellion was a national security threat one year ago and then sent a secret report about the group to police forces, the Guardian has learned.
The revelation shows that counter-terrorism police’s interest in the non-violent climate emergency group began earlier and was more extensive than previously thought.
Police insist that the confidential assessment, which was titled Rising Up, concluded that XR was not a terrorist or extremist threat, and was sent to regional counter-terrorism units and “policing partners”. They have declined to give any more detail about what it covered.
Source: Terror police’s Extinction Rebellion ‘risk report’ sent out a year ago | Environment | The Guardian
