Lord Goldsmith claimed 'violent groups' have become 'untouchable and emboldened' after officers failed to do anything during a demonstration on Friday.
Scotland Yard was under fire last night from a former Tory minister after failing to intervene when pro-Palestinian campaigners called for Zionists to be 'put down'.
Lord Goldsmith spoke out after video from an anti-Israel demonstration in Swiss Cottage, North London, on Friday night showed police officers standing by as a female demonstrator told a crowd: 'These people are terminally deranged and the sickness is Zionism. And it's incurable so they just need to be put down perhaps.'
Police are under fire for failing to act as pro-Palestinian demonstrators called for Zionists to be 'put down' at a protest in central London on Friday night 'It is partly about prejudice and politicisation, but mostly it is the result of basic cowardice and stupidity. The video on Friday night was taken by the campaign group Stop the Hate which has worked to expose antisemitism and terrorist support on pro-Palestine demonstrations which started after the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7 last year.
Protesters at the entrance to the centre holding a large banner with the message 'Stop arming Israel, stop the genocide, save Palestine
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