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On Friday, April 13, a police officer was seen on video describing a man – Gideon Falter, the chief executive of Campaign Against Antisemitism – as “openly Jewish” at a pro-Palestine protest in London.: “You are quite openly Jewish. This is pro-Palestinian march. I am not accusing you of anything, but I am worried about the reaction to your presence.”
“We have reflected on the strength of the response to our previous statement. In an effort to make a point about the policing of protest we caused further offence. This was never our intention. We have removed that statement and we apologise.“Being Jewish is not a provocation. Jewish Londoners must be able to feel safe in this city.
“We absolutely understand how vulnerable Jewish and Muslim Londoners feel since the terrorist attacks on Israel. He claimed this was not an isolated incident, but he was pleased people were “finally paying attention to it” six months after the start of “The entirely avoidable mistakes have had a devastating effect on the previously high level of trust held by the UK’s Jewish community in the police,” the board said.
Khan does have the power to sack the Met commissioner but only with the go-ahead from the home secretary, James Cleverly.“Everybody must feel safe going about in London wherever they please. The way the original incident was dealt with by the Met was concerning and the original response put out by them was insensitive and wrong.
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