Mayor of London criticizes delayed response in removing swastikas at pro-Palestine march

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Mayor of London criticizes delayed response in removing swastikas at pro-Palestine march
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Mayor of London Sadiq Khan condemns the Met Police's delayed response in removing swastikas displayed at a pro-Palestine march. Officers were filmed telling a Jewish woman that the swastikas needed to be "taken in context". The woman questioned how a swastika could not be seen as anti-Semitic.

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has condemned the Met Police 's delayed response in removing swastikas shown at a pro-Palestine march, after officers were filmed telling a Jewish woman they needed to be "taken in context". American documentary maker Jocelin Weiss told police that she saw the Nazi symbol being displayed on banners during a march through London last weekend. She was told that displaying a swastika was "not necessarily anti-Semitic" nor "a disruption of public order".

A clip shared online showed the furious activist asking police in what context a swastika could not be seen as anti-Semitic. One officer replied: "I didn't say it was or it wasn't." A Met Police Chief Inspector then interrupted and said: "A swastika on its own, I don't think is.

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