Boris Johnson Saves Filmmaker From Attack
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson intervened and successfully stopped a high profile climate change activist from being attacked by a pack of young girls. Johnson, who is known for riding his bike in London, rode past the attack as it was happening and chased them away on his bike. Truly a case of policy in action because, Johnson has made tackling youth crime a key mayoral priority because it is such a problem in London. The attack was completely unprovoked according, Franny Armstrong ( the woman that was attacked):
“I was texting on my phone so didn’t notice the girls until they pushed me against the car, quite hard,” she said. I noticed that one had an iron bar in her hand. It was very frightening. At that moment a man cycled past and I called out for help. He said to the girls: ‘What do you think you are doing?’ He picked up the iron bar, called after the girls and cycled after them. He returned a few minutes later and walked me home. He was my knight on a shining bicycle.”
Johnson’s office confirmed the story but declined to comment on the mayor’s actions. Good on you, Boris!
Franny Armstrong is well known in climate change and documentary film making. It’s amazing that two high-profile people were involved in such a bizarre incident.
Caroline
