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British MP Suspended for Grabbing & Shoving Climate Activist

HeadlineJun 21, 2019

British parliamentarian Mark Field has been suspended as a minister after he grabbed a female climate protester by the neck and shoved her. The incident occurred when dozens of Greenpeace demonstrators staged a protest at a speech by British Finance Minister Philip Hammond. Police are now investigating to determine whether Field should be charged with assault.

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