The Metropolitan Police has apologised and retracted a statement saying sorry for the actions of an officer who threatened to arrest a man he described as being ‘openly Jewish’ after the communication was slammed as ‘appalling victim blaming’.
London’s police service issued a statement on Friday afternoon apologising after Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) boss Gideon Falter was stopped from walking through a pro-Palestine march last Saturday by a Met officer.
The Met’s initial statement accused counter-protesters at the regular rallies of being ‘provocative’ by filming themselves as they turned up on the routes to express their views. Mr Falter maintains he was ‘going for a walk’ after attending synagogue.
Toronto police have arrested counter protesters during the current round of Hamas support marches.
In my own time the TPS either maintained strict zones for each side to occupy if the protest was static, or straight up told you they could not protect you if attacked.
Gideon Falter the “victim” called the cops to have Tommy Robinson removed from his pro-Israel march. Tommy is facing possible jail time for being Tommy Robinson.
Look at the amazement on @GideonFalter face, that if he remains there, he'll be arrested.
Shocked by the same authoritarian policing that he encouraged and celebrated against me.
He had me arrested, subsequently banned from London, when there was no breach of the peace, no… pic.twitter.com/SuhXHNliwS
— Tommy Robinson 🇬🇧 (@TRobinsonNewEra) April 19, 2024
