The Metropolitan Police has been condemned by politicians after an officer was filmed telling a Jewish woman that swastikas displayed during a pro-Palestine march needed to be 'taken in context'.
The Metropolitan Police has been condemned by politicians after an officer was filmed telling a Jewish woman that swastikas displayed during a pro-Palestine march needed to be 'taken in context'. Senior Labour and Conservative politicians all hit out at the force over the video, with Shadow Foreign Secretary and LBC presenter David Lammy rebuking police for not immediately identifying the swastika as a hate symbol, irrespective of its context.
"Read More: London has not become a 'no-go zone' for Jews, Sadiq Khan insists, after warning from UK counter-terror officialRead More: Fury as two brothers who survived October 7 Hamas attack ‘detained because they were Israeli’ at Manchester AirportWhen pressed about how the swastika could be seen as not being anti-Semitic, the officer said: "I don't have an in depth knowledge of signs and symbols.
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