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Fully Open Stores Ironically Forced To Close After Anti-Lockdown Protesters Swarm Mall

Fully Open Stores Ironically Forced To Close After Anti-Lockdown Protesters Swarm Mall
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A shopping mall in West London, England was forced to shut down to customers after a horde of anti-lockdown protesters swarmed the building to protest pandemic-related restrictions.

But the shopping mall was fully open to customers at the time, because the United Kingdom has significantly eliminated restrictions and is not currently under a lockdown.


You can't make this up.

If you're struggling to understand this bizarre situation, you're not alone—the scene left many scratching their heads.

As shoppers attempted to make their rounds Saturday, hordes of protestors descended on the Westfield shopping center in West London, pounding drums and shouting "Freedom!" and "Keep Britain free!" both inside and outside the facility.

But in a darkly ironic twist, their demonstration backfired entirely when stores in the mall's center were forced to close in order to keep employees safe from the throng. Police soon needed to be called to deal with the situation outside the mall as well, resulting in roads leading to the center being closed.

Several other protests erupted around London too, among the largest being a throng with flags and signs gathered in Parliament Square.

The United Kingdom eased its restrictions on May 17 amid falling virus cases and rising vaccination rates.

While limits on the number of people who can gather in one place remain in effect, all businesses, events and entertainment venues, shopping centers, restaurants and bars are permitted to be open.

The protest at the shopping mall only lasted about 20 minutes, while police cleared the crowds with batons. But it lasted plenty long enough to perplex many people on Twitter, who couldn't believe the ridiculous scene of an anti-lockdown protest at a fully open mall.









London's Metropolitan Police reported they made four arrests Saturday across all the demonstrations staged against the non-existent lockdown.

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