“Police Apology Was Worse Than The Incident” | Officer Tells Man Being Openly Jewish Is Provocative

The Met Police apologised after an officer made remarks about the appearance of Gideon Falter, the leader of an antisemitism charity, who was wearing a skull-cap near a pro-Palestine march in London.
Falter was told his presence was causing a "breach of peace."
Scotland Yard first apologised for the officer's comment but later retracted their statement and issued another apology for causing offense.
The initial statement was criticised as victim-blaming and the Met clarified that "being Jewish is not a provocation" and apologised again.
Falter, the chief executive of Campaign Against Antisemitism, stated he was not there to counter-protest but was walking after attending synagogue.
In a video, a police officer warned Falter of potential arrest, leading Falter to accuse the Met of creating "no-go zones" for Jewish people.
Peter Cardwell discusses the incident with former Conservative SPAD, Lauren McEvatt and Liberal Democrat activist, Matthew Hulbert.
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[@martins24455]

It,s not just jewish people but christians , people with union jack anything thats not the hate mob

[@hudsonbear5038]

Agreed..... They protect those pushing hate and division and threaten the every day member of the Public..... The Police are now as much of a problem as the hate pushers..

[@steiner554]

EXACTLY

[@colinb8327]

It’s the hate mob comprised of many races and religions, that’s marching every week, costing tax payers millions every weekend. Only a chin dribbling window licking moron couldn’t (or more likely intentionally for political/ideological reasons), see it or would attempt to blame a specific religion. If they’re that concerned for the safety of individuals, some of the protestors have already broken law, decline the applications for any further protests.

[@kd359]

Absolutely correct 💯

[@jensun77wilson]

Exactly

[@AngusKart]

if the jewish person was legitimately in that much danger, then it is quite obvious that these marches are not safe and should not be allowed.

[@merrillgeorge381]

My thoughts exactly!

[@pmc2999]

He said he wanted to go that way to go home. So if you obviously think he is in danger just walking home you should have surrounded him and escorted him home. He should in no way be forced to wait until the protest ended to go home. Also I know the British police don't traditionally carry guns but exactly how are they supposed to deal with a mob to protect themselves and anyone else? Do they have any weapons at all?

[@VV-bk1wv]

Here here

[@maccyp1824]

Well said 👏

[@fotoinspiration]

only it wasnt some random jewish person. Falter has been on tv on multiple occasions and is the face of CAA, this wasnt an accident. He was there to antagonise - pure and fucking simple

[@maykolee]

“a Jewish person could be seriously in danger”. Are we living in 1930s Germany ?

[@peterkirk123]

Oswald Mosley or the German Royal family Saxe Coburg Gotha ?

[@susansweeney1069]

What about the British people. They can't even fly their own flags in their own country. I'm sensitive about that.

[@jool7793]

They arrest the peaceful people who obey the law but they protect the criminals who assault bystanders.

[@user-tr8fs7lm8r]

Exactly!

[@Harveybeau]

They are afraid of them.

[@Kliss2765]

Because it's easier to arrest a quite well behaved person than a radical loonie shouting and spiitting and cursing.

[@VOLightPortal]

And protect the islamists that oppress women / persecute gays.

[@SubjectiveFunny]

@@Harveybeau It is mostly that, but there is more to the story as well.

[@ninjanoodle0944]

It's like living in 1930s Germany.

[@parkgate-ub1ey]

Really ??? Can't wait to see zero unemployment

[@henryschwaiger6568]

​@parkgate-ub1ey And an efficient rail service.

[@markockwell]

@@-XX-1 You Mean CANCER

[@hannacook859]

​@@parkgate-ub1ey remember what happened to them during the war and after it? Go read a book, it didn't end well for them

[@parkgate-ub1ey]

@@hannacook859 perhaps you could educate us all ....

[@johnwaller4033]

This copper should have walked with him to the place he wanted to go for dinner and arrest anyone who went near him

[@johnstephens9248]

But that means him doing his job!

[@moodobusiness]

The copper is saying I can’t control the crowd.

[@susettemclachlan8765]

I agree. That should have been the response of any officer suspecting a member of the public could potentially be in danger

[@PAUL-wv6vu]

Keeping everyone safe ? I only ever see threats and violence from one side

[@Mohammed-dy6xb]

💯 !! You guys are friendly peace loving and kind !! Just ask the PALESTINIANS !!

[@hellsbells7271]

To be honest, the police force are an absolute laughing stock and a complete embarrassment. Rowley needs to resign.

[@cyberleaderandy1]

As does the deputy a well, obviously

[@Bfdidc]

‘’Regrettable.’’ ‘’Poor choice of words.’’ The police in London are deeply compromised.

[@paulrichards6894]

not even hiding it anymore

[@redrum3405]

They only seem to care about policing the speech of non Muslims. What a weird police force

[@alp8409]

Sofia Khan is the 1st Commissioner of the Caliphate Police of Londonistan

[@lammypie3561]

It's peaceful as long as Jews stay indoors. Most violent people are peaceful if everyone runs away from them,not really how it's supposed to work though is it.

[@bumblebee8653]

This

[@rankobarensic]

Nice true comment .. It's an opposite reality ...bizarro world🤯🤯🤯

[@hannacook859]

And Christians, they arrest Christians too

[@deanbarnett8538]

​​@@rankobarensicVery similar to 1930s Germany I reckon.

[@iangillon6981]

Spot on.

[@byronwaite2824]

This is disgustingly shameful

[@robynalland8501]

For that policeman to use the term”openly Jewish” and threaten to arrest him when speaking to the man shows the total ignorance of the policeman and his total lack of ability to do his job.

[@star_man]

What actually happened was this: After several more exchanges, Mr Falter asked if it was because he was Jewish he was being stopped from crossing the road as it would "antagonise" the crowd. The officer said: "You are quite obviously Jewish in appearance, you are outwardly demonstrating your faith." He added: "You decided to walk out into the road... and deliberately walk against the flow of people. "This is quite clearly a pro-Palestinian demonstration. My concern is that your behaviour changed.

[@louisemiller3784]

So pro Palestine supporters marching thro the streets isn’t provocative?I find I’m just left speechless by so much of what is going on

[@User9681e]

they are the indigenous in the west as Muhammad wants world domination same thing they are trying to do in Israel and used to do throughout history is now happening in the west Lucky they don't need a caliphate to dominate the west

[@jackjones8363]

NOT PRO. just against the mass killing of children...

[@FreeSpeechThought]

@@isabellaivory_ the hamas head honcho in a council mansion had a ceasefire now celebratory mass anti Israel protest on 8 October before Israel had even mopped up the terrorists

[@SubjectiveFunny]

This is the wildest thing I have ever seen.. And I grew up in South Africa, with the ANC saying some truly shocking things about white South Africans. This takes the cake..

[@BruvaBob]

Ys but you're decent member of the public so your views dont count according to the met

[@Earl-Dumarest]

If the Met are so concerned about the safety of Jewish Londoners then they should ban these hate marches. simple, but of course that would not be in line with their appeasement of a certain religion.

[@felicitatislibertatisque]

Exactly.

[@p.w.352]

They're scared about provoking violence from members of the "religion of peace". In the US these lovely people have taken to chanting "Death to America", but we're told that's not hate speech. It's so bizarre, but downright evil.

[@GRAMDAVNO1]

Most of the people of Jewish ancestry were born and bred here so should be allowed freedom of movement and speech,how many of these "protesters" can say the same?

[@johnnyhock]

COWARDLY MET

[@rayjames777]

There are Jewish people on those marches.

[@sheilaj5818]

why aren't they arresting people for being pro hamas? this is bull

[@MrMikepettitt]

Because nobody is being pro hamas they are demonstrating support for palestine

[@Mohammed-dy6xb]

We have a pro Zionist Genocidal Government but I suppose that's normal right !!

[@terryhall818]

​@@MrMikepettittare you joking ??? There are people on the march's that are flying a hamas flag etc so how is that not showing support for hamas?? 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@philomeneexantus2129]

@@terryhall818lying is the Israelis way!!! Israel AIPAC probably paid a couple of Jewish people to incite the crowd

[@LadyThunderbird63]

​@@MrMikepettitthave you not seen the pro hammas protestors literally wearing hammas garb with the green headband ???? Open your eyes.

[@JelMain]

At the end of the day, no apology was made.

[@kevbillows7113]

I absolutely detest the police in this country now

[@applecorp]

I've never been one of those "defund the police" loonies but honestly at this point we would be 100% better off without any police at all. At least we'd be allowed to go about our business unhindered, openly criticise those which we "are not allowed" to criticise and perhaps meat out some much needed "justice" of our own without fear of police intervention.

[@johnsmith-rs2vk]

BRING BACK DIXON OF DOCK GREEN .

[@user-og8mt4qk2v]

The police are lost, because of religious zealots.

[@Netflix999]

So do I !

[@labouraredangerous]

Our sharia police have become an embarrassment

[@Rekaert]

Can you imagine the cops going up to a Muslim and threatening him with a public order offence for being visibly Muslim? The fallout would be catastrophic, but for some reason that cop thought doing the same thing to a Jew was just fine, and I don't doubt wouldn't have batted an eyelid at doing the same thing to a Christian.

[@hedgehog1965uk]

Exactly.

[@applecorp]

Muslims and alphabet people are safe from the police, everyone else watch out.

[@GailPlatt]

Good point, just imagine it the reaction to that.

[@johnnysully2689]

That's because all of the wet wipes in society, crying tears of piss and screaming "RaCiSm" at everything they dislike and disagree with, have the Police scared of being cancelled, posted online and losing their jobs. The Police are owned by the Far Left essentially, hence why they are doing their bidding and not really upholding the general law

[@davidpescod7573]

There would be riots if a member of the police stopped a Muslim accusing him of being obviously a Muslim, ditto a black person. Following the attempting stabbing of a Syrian Orthodox Bishop in Australia an Orthodox Christian expressed concern about his safety in the UK. The police, together with a psychiatric nurse, paid him a visit in his home

[@alexlew5039]

As an American Jew who has been to London . I was told NOT to wear my yarmulke out or otherwise appear overtly Jewish because that it could possibly get me hurt . WHY ?!? Why have you allowed your Jews to be so thoroughly put through the same persecution we faced from the Nazis ?

[@MrMikepettitt]

Because Zionist Jews behave like nazis

[@clairesmith2240]

It’s not only the Jews that are in danger but also Christians it’s our government that has let this happen we are overwhelmed with Muslims 🇮🇱🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🇮🇱🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🇮🇱🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

[@youtubeyoutube936]

And what is said about Tony Robinson on trial for basically having breakfast????? Nothing

[@pollyparrot8759]

Tommy not Tony.

[@youtubeyoutube936]

They are not saying anything about either!!!! Journalists for censorship

[@p.w.352]

If Pro Palestinian protests and protestors aren't anti semitic, why can't an openly Jewish man be on the street at the protest without the police fearing he may provoke the protestors?

[@WillCamx]

Common sense has no place in this farce.

[@Bfdidc]

Don’t ask that question in public as it would be considered hate speech.

[@krisvq]

This!

[@mpb6491]

Because he was taking about his welfare. Are you and everyone else upset extremely slow?

[@SF-eo6xf]

logic doesn't work with these brain rotts

[@criscross572]

Openly Jewish as if its a crime, coming from a police Sargent utterly shameful appeasement of the mob.

[@hannacook859]

Worse, he is saying that filming a crime is a crime too

[@dovetonsturdee7033]

By now, he is probably an Inspector.

[@KayBacci]

Yes, well said! Shameful appeasement of the mob, indeed. It's shocking. Something is going badly wrong in Britain. Our values have been turned upside down by the 'wokerati'. Enough is enough, in fact it was enough at least 20 years ago (thanks to Tony Bliar) but I think the rot started in the 1960s and 1970s, promoted by the Marxist French academics.

[@opindras.bangerh129]

If the Police cannot control the march they should not be allowed. The standard of the Policing in this country is at ZERO. ❤ 🇮🇱 🇬🇧 🇮🇳 ✝️🕊

[@terryhall818]

100% agree 👍 they should be forced to pay for the policing as the march is paid for by Iran

[@andysizzle8718]

Go out there and give it a go yourself then. 🤷🏻‍♂️ You clearly know how to navigate the numerous laws, human rights laws and internal policies that they have to abide by whilst doing their job. Can’t wait to see all of you keyboard warriors trying to do a better job 🍿 😂

[@laurencesmith1435]

​@andysizzle8718 anyone could do that job - they donactually do anything. They don't stop robberies, don't stop machete attacks, don't stop acid attacks, don't stop grooming gangs and don't stop car thefts and burglaries. They've even legalised shoplifting. The police are pathetic.

[@alankenworthy9722]

@@andysizzle8718 No. As an ex cop from the life on Mars era, I have been calling for the resignation of Mark Rowley for weeks. The police are paid to prevent incitement to murder and violence . It does not matter how much they are outnumbered, it is their duty to face the mob. That's what we did in the 70s , often outnumbered by 20-1 when dealing with drunken fights. The Met's performance is indefensible, the result of the politicising of the police and the appointment of yesmen at the top, and the removal of the Home Secretary who tried to get them to do their job. Sunak is a disaster, and so is his appointment of the failed PM Cameron as Foreign Minister, a declared appeaser of extreme Islam.

[@ferretfez6976]

So should someone that owns a shop be arrested if someone steals from them ? Let this man go about his business and arrest anyone that attacks him, protect the innocent and arrest those breaking the law. The police need to grow a pair and do their job.

[@nurco1000]

I can't get over it God forbid a person not supporting Palestine would walk into the streets of London It's a shame. I used to love the UK

[@DeTroutSpinnaz]

They blamed the victim

[@clarissahm4496]

As usual, we are not surprised

[@Mohammed-dy6xb]

Obviously Jews are always the victims !! Just ask the Palestinians !!

[@alexharrison9340]

This guy, Gideon, is not a victim, he's an over-entitled, stuck-up posh bloke who assaulted a police sergeant. The real Victims here are 40,000 illegally killed Palestinians, 20,000 of whom are children and the many other children maimed and scarred for life. Ad hominem does not win arguments robot 'Mohammed'dy6xb. I sympathise with the Israeli victims of Oct 7th but also the many Palestinian victims before and after Oct 7th.

[@Mohammed-dy6xb]

@@alexharrison9340 No Dummy !! There's only ever one victim and it's NOT the Palestinians hrs referring to !!

[@alexharrison9340]

@@Mohammed-dy6xb He's no victim he's one over-entitled, stuck-up posh bloke who assaulted a police officer. Over 40,000 Palestinians have been murdered by the Zionists ( as opposed to the many anti-Zionist humane and righteous Jews), and 20,000 of those murdered by Israel's IOF are children.

[@topcat1358]

Mark Rowley Needs to be SACKED. The guy is vastly over-promoted and out of his depth. He has absolutely NO IDEA!

[@SmartCookie2022]

And strip Rowley of his knighthood as well.

[@user-ss3iv6gu8h]

This is a utter disgrace from the Metropolitan police who need to grow a backbone

[@Displays.1234.]

The head of the Met police should be sacked immediately...

[@BP-sf7br]

Met police is under Mayor of London...

[@el_chico1313]

mayor of london sacked and met police disbanded

[@BP-sf7br]

@@el_chico1313 good things don't happen so fast.. 😂😅

[@ledgermanager]

lol..yeah...lets opt in for cancel culture.. again. havent you learned anything?

[@somsumiah3868]

Great police work, this not Jewish state.

[@xydoit2024]

The police saying. We will let them protest in Jewish places. But to be Jewish is provocative.

[@Pantifaximile]

The irony of claiming a place to be jewish.

[@hannacook859]

That man is the Jewish Rosa Parks

[@panda4413]

Take your apartheid flag away

[@Mer1912]

@@panda4413I don’t think it’s an Arab flag so he’s good

[@panda4413]

@@Mer1912 No; it’s much much worse.

[@fedesetrtatio1]

Are these the same police that go to speakers corner and pick on Christians?

[@vincec5715]

Why hasn’t the officer who made the threat of arrest been suspended and facing the sack ?

[@purplepoppyz]

Yes the black man threatened the Jewish man right in front of a met officer loudly and more than once and nothing was said or done.

[@malcolmturner214]

Spot on and the police ignored the threat from the black guy 🤬

[@mileschurch67]

Which was an actual breach of the peace.

[@johnnysully2689]

Because arresting the black man for threats would be "RaCiSt" in 2024. We live in a retarded world.

[@paulhinkley11]

Exactly an egg was thrown a few weeks ago at a GB reporter Right in front of the police Throwing an object at someone is assault and they just stood there It was on camera 😢

[@terryhall818]

​@@paulhinkley11it's one rule for the left & another for everyone else

[@LornaKellyZim]

So, the Jewish man's presence was provocative but not the pro Hamas supporters?

[@paulrichards6894]

spot on

[@somethinglikeanonymous1773]

How are the prop Hamas you old bag

[@sugarpieofficial6356]

Ur pussy was provocative😂😂😂

[@royhenderson9826]

The PEOPLE OF LONDON must make it clear to the Kahnt that they will not accept one sided behaviour from the police.

[@angelaregan475]

This bloke was the person who asked the police to remove Tommy R from a pro Israeli March because it made him anxious. Karma. Sadly Tommy was wrongfully arrested, and pepper sprayed and is appearing in court today for a none crime.

[@cognitivebadweather2392]

but Tommy Robinson gets sprayed and arrested because antisemitism organizers didnt want him there. Gideon owes Tommy an apology.

[@britastertern-gill4961]

Aussie here. Would our Christian brothers and sisters world wide please 🙏 for our ANZAC DAY march coming up on 25 th April? Our vets march every year in every capital city. This 77 year old will be flying our flag proudly. 🇳🇿

[@paulofengland1331]

POLICESTINIANS

[@shaundixon3645]

Lol , can I use that

[@louiseholly]

Me too!!

[@paulofengland1331]

@@shaundixon3645 yea please.

[@paulofengland1331]

@@louiseholly certainly!

[@Jouantiese]

Indeed

[@hangingaround2954]

“First comes Saturday,then comes Sunday” a well known phrase which we should all keep in mind. They target the Jewish religion first, then they come for the Christians.

[@mollyb4332]

100% agree, I have been saying that for a long time. WHO NEXT.

[@KayKay-vr8jo]

The only thing is Christians have been going through this & been getting locked up for just praying in there head smh

[@williambyfleet9573]

they need to come for me''Jesus is the way the truth and the life NO ONE comes to the father except through him''

[@sivan325]

Israel alerted for years that the West is next. The world been ignorance of that fact.

[@stellaboulton9531]

YES!

[@michaelillingworth6433]

The police need to remove the union flag from their uniform and replace it with the Palistine flag since they certainly don't represent this country

[@jimjames4348]

WTF is happening to our police? Disgusting.

[@Mohammed-dy6xb]

Better still...... What has happened to our Government they may as well all be wearing the ⭐ of David on their nice suits !!

[@jimjames4348]

@@Mohammed-dy6xb If you don't like it you are free to leave, it's actually preferable that you do for all the decent people here. There's nobody keeping you here. Off you pop Mohammed. You are a colonizer.

[@sallyraynor8984]

So the disastrous metropolitan police say that being Jewish is provocative

[@pops6638]

It’s not usually. But to get amongst a crowd of Palestinians, in these heated times, may not of been very ‘healthy’ for the fella!

[@heatherhinde6544]

Then stop the demonstration and force people in it to break up and go home.

[@elizabethanthony3916]

​@@heatherhinde6544👍👏👏👏👏👏❤️🤍💙

[@SAHBfan]

@@pops6638- Are you suggesting the protests are not “peaceful”? I’m shocked….

[@Adam-sd2ow]

@@pops6638 They're completely indulged, a cult.

[@garysmith3173]

So religious freedom has become extremely one sided. A disgrace. This is the UK for goodness sake. The apology is totally meaningless.

[@alankenworthy9722]

Cameron will love it. He declared to the Muslem Council of GB ,as PM , that if Muslems were not assimilating it was our fault not theirs. What a prize pr-ck.

[@jeanplunkett5580]

@@alankenworthy9722He’s a booby prize prick.

[@kevinbillington9773]

Is this the guy that had Stephen Lennon arrested and pepper sprayed while he was eating breakfast. Karma

[@darrenturner8913]

That Policeman, and ALL Police Officers, should remind themselves that "I was only following orders" is not a justifiable excuse - as the Nuremburg Trials showed us 80 years ago! The Mayor of London, the Chief of Police and any Officer that upholds the rights of Pro Hamas people (because that IS what they are) to shout "To the River..." etc etc, and not equally allow the opposite view - should be immediately sacked, and charged, if necessary. This time in history, with EVERYTHING that's going on, will be looked back on as a time in which a very loud, and blatently MEBTAL, minority, were able to hijacked every fundamental institution, to the detriment of us all 🤬

[@anthonybernstein9698]

A black man threatened the Jewish man in the presence of the police officer. Point 1. Why wasn't the black man arrested and charged. Point 2. If the Jewish was arrested should he be charged? Point 3. Charged under what section of the law. The police are arresting any person they temporarily want removed, usually after a short time released/de-arrested without any investigation. This is false arrest and is normal police practice.

[@stjohnssoup]

Kidnapping

[@george6977]

It is legal to arrest and detain for up to 24 hours then release with no charges. It seems it's easier to arrest the innocent than those with swasticas.

[@stephenporter6005]

You can now get arrested having your breakfast ask Tommy he will tell you

[@alanmckay7040]

So you'll be removed and arrested for being near these peaceful protests if you happen to be openly Jewish or openly British with an England flag?

[@hannacook859]

Don't forget openly Christian

[@Songbirdstress]

@@hannacook859 Singing hymns outside of church grounds.

[@Adam-sd2ow]

They get crazy at rainbow flags too, yet the far left rainbow do gooders have to support the new trendy thing

[@gigiiggi7138]

If it's too tough for the police, isn't it time to deploy the armed forces?

[@stevenduffy4063]

Why are the marches allowed to continue, if a British citizen would be in serious danger by simply crossing the road?

[@elizabethanthony3916]

👍👏👏👏👏👏

[@NM297]

Who trained the police officers? Islamist academics funded by Qatar??

[@barbaracleverly9058]

Yes. They have Islamist ‘advisors’ and go on brainwashing courses in DEI.

[@felicitatislibertatisque]

Exactly. The shortcomings in the behavior of the Metropolitan Police can be attributed to years of DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) training, which may have inadvertently caused officers to hesitate in enforcing the law against Islamist extremism due to concerns about being labeled as racist or islamophobe

[@BigBenn2014]

Probably. See the College of Policing for details.

[@rankobarensic]

Mekka college 😊

[@kulbirmann5524]

They are owned privately and are open for business, all the money they make gose over 🌊 sea.look it up and you'll understand why they say policing is done by consent.?

[@virgilblaze9090]

Imagine turning a city centre into a no go zone for Jewish people every Saturday. Switch it up with an 'oppressed' protected group and imagine the outcry.

[@annaoptica971]

Second question - why weird abuse , hate speeches from pro-palestin side never ever were shorted by Met police >>> Double standards ???? ENOUGH IS ENOUGH !

[@user-pm4iw5bj8f]

the problem is police officers do not intimidate any palestinian protesters, they let them get away with all the nosense

[@hannacook859]

The police are "Only following orders" Where did we hear that before?

[@labouraredangerous]

The sharia police at it again

[@dianakidd4219]

NYC has had sharia police for decades.

[@dogglebird4430]

Time to stop these marches.

[@piscesmoon3512]

Absolutely diabolical!! If it had have been someone from the opposition it would have no doubt resulted in immediate dismissal. And yes the hate shown from these demonstrators with little to no consequences is outrageous!!

[@deborahhobbins7131]

he lived there what the hell is he supposed to do?

[@pops6638]

Be a little more patient!

[@bjrnhalfhand2258]

​@@pops6638ridiculous comment

[@manuellayburr382]

Hold up the protest for 30 seconds to let people cross the road.

[@bbggh4386]

And who are the people again? Anarchist and agrevation’ist

[@Matt_H_]

​@@bbggh4386 ... Or just people wanting to get past

[@casscamden740]

ban islam deport terrorist supporters let the people in this country vote to ban muslims or not ...before we are outnumbered or dont let none indigenous brits vote cos if it was banned then we would help solve immigration problems, stop terrorists , prevent the mass rape & torture of thousands of british white & sikh girls here, have thousands of mosques here repurposed for housing our homeless veterans. we can import nice cultures like the tibetans or white south african refugee farmers instead of fanatical death cult freaks

[@Violette2016]

Exactly. Problem solved in 5 min but I am not sure he could have crossed the street so easily... For sure he would have been assaulted by the mob (clearly jew haters...)

[@bbggh4386]

@@Violette2016 well that did not happen, did it? why imply or suggest that provokers are victims, ?

[@alp8409]

Mob rule with Police protection.

[@1574john]

As an ex police officer I could not believe what the officer was saying. It’s as if he has no idea what the law is. Even worse he is a Sergeant. The law is very clear, the person who is likely to “Cause” a breach of the peace can be arrested not the person who is likely to be harmed by the breach.

[@meeshker]

What about the protesters being openly muslim

[@elizabethanthony3916]

Yep, a pro palestine marcher threatening a Jewish man right under the nose of the cop and not a word said to him ! I find that offensive

[@meljen8592]

Ah,no,that’s ok.

[@Mohammed-dy6xb]

Yes why not bring Muslims into this because....reasons !! What a sick mentality you people have !!

[@honestpolitician6366]

the police stink, an apology does not cut it, that copper is a disgrace to the uniform

[@rankobarensic]

It's fear..pussy police🤮

[@terryjacob8169]

Typical of the Met's current 'model' officer.

[@hannacook859]

The problem is that he is not the exception but the rule. Taking action against him personally is burying the problem

[@richardbrown8099]

But it's ok when Tommy Robinson gets arrested for having breakfast.

[@alp8409]

Apparently it was Gideon Falter who made the complaint to the Met Police against Tommy Robinson attending the march for Israel..

[@christinebrassey7877]

One man is considered provocative, not thousands? Questions need to be asked. It's irrelevant if he thinks he's Jewish.

[@chigeryelam4061]

Hard to know at what point the Met became the UK branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

[@kevlahead7278]

The police force are now taking on the role of the British Gestapo!

[@michaeldavison8007]

Taking on the role………they have been at it for years.

[@Mohammed-dy6xb]

No that would be the IDF !!

[@kevlahead7278]

@@Mohammed-dy6xb If only!

[@toniawellington1514]

This man was totaly within his right to cross the road and if anything the police had a duty to see that he crossed the road safely, not stop him and threatened him with arrest!

[@pops6638]

He was within in rights. But if he got the sh*t kicked out of him, on his way across. The police would be held responsible, for not protecting him. I’m sure the copper, during his day had carried out many dynamic risk assessments.

[@Jouantiese]

Correct - all they had to do was escort him.

[@lisa34478]

@@pops6638 yes. However, I think the point is, if these protests are that “risky”, they are not peaceful and should be stopped. They have lost control and instead of admitting it, are now policing the people who are threatened instead of the threats.

[@pops6638]

@@lisa34478I, like you, and many others, wish these marches were stopped. Unfortunately, the law allows them. So, we have to put up with them, and also foot the massive financial burden too! When will it ever end?

[@elizabethanthony3916]

​@@lisa34478👍👏👏👏👏👏

[@ericgrace9995]

I was once a solid police supporter. Once. Did the press officer who posted this response not understand the implications of his words ?

[@garyayres4404]

As a Christian I find this situation totally ridiculous the way My Jewish Friend is treated. The Met police know that Khan is watching and will move against them if they come down on any side other than the side of His Brethren.

[@nicolasmyth5561]

If the Metropolitan Police don't know how to police these protests...Don't allow these protests to happen. Simples!!

[@simonburns8835]

Should ANYONE be arrested for their own safety while walking past a "peaceful" protest ??🤔🤔

[@vanessashimoni6548]

Makes you wonder how peaceful these protests really are? 🤨

[@toshtosh9482]

Makes one wonder why pro Israeli tegime protesters want to go into a peace march calling out the Israeli regimes war crimes.​@@vanessashimoni6548

[@mrsterious5845]

​@@vanessashimoni6548Basically implying that the protesters are not peaceful but are violent things who will literally attack people who they see as the other.

[@stellaboulton9531]

Exactly.

[@howard1beale]

​@mrsterious5845 the protesters won't be happy until they're the only people living here They don't give a f**k about Palestine. They want the whole world.

[@sonnyjim5268]

Filming themselves is usually the only protection they have against police injustice.

[@I-wrote-this-about]

Shouldn't they be policing and arresting anyone who is provoked and can't keep their emotions in check ?

[@rankobarensic]

The hate protests should be banned now! Britain is so naive and soft just like here in The Netherlands by the way..

[@Adam-sd2ow]

Even France has. Soft touch France. 😬

[@MTknitter22]

We are not naive, I am sad to say. We are a nation of submissive cowards.

[@terryhall818]

​@@MTknitter22 talk for yourself. We are led by idiots & coward's in power. But all the systems are run by lefty's so it's set against us

[@PrincessJammieRoo]

The Police have one and only role, to uphold the law. A man wanting to cross the street should expect the protection of the Police.

[@pops6638]

I believe the policeman, did protect the Jewish fella. What odds would you give, to a Jewish person safely walking through a Palestinian March, and coming out unscathed?

[@rayjames777]

@@pops6638 There were Jewish people on that march, so I'd give them '100%'. Falter was looking for trouble.

[@elizabethanthony3916]

​@@pops6638That's exactly the point ! And exactly why these pro hamas marches should be banned. Christians, Jews and ordinary citizens of Britain should be able to walk freely without threats of violence !

[@andysizzle8718]

So do we ban the marching season in NI? Do we ban football matches? Your argument is flawed. This man was intent on causing a reaction. The police did their job by preventing a breach of the peace within the confines of the law. If he walked through that crowd to provoke a reaction and achieved his goal the following would happen: 1. He would get a shoeing 2. Some unfortunate sod would have to go into the crowd to rescue the idiot that went in there to get said reaction, risking his/her safety and that of those in the crowd 3. It would create even more division and upset between the two factions and potentially escalate in to a full scale riot 4. You would all race to your keyboards to shout about how you could do it better and police should have stopped the idiot from getting hurt. 5. The spineless PM would come out and say he is ‘appalled’ by the police 6. The weasel mayor would immediately start calling for heads because he’s lost his own weasel head. 🤷🏻‍♂️ But please. If you feel you can do it better, chuck a stab vest on and get yourself in the mix! You could be the saviour that London has been screaming out for!

[@JuxtaPositionings]

Ridiculous. Free speech lambasted to avoid a potential crime. If Palestinian protesters react violently to his protest against them then duly arrest them! Madness

[@joannekean1477]

One world government by any chance? As so many town and cities globally play out the same scenes!

[@harryrobertson3746]

If the police concentrated on their real job (i.e., preventing crime) this embarrassing anti-semitic debacle would not have happened.

[@louiseholly]

Disgusting

[@janeoxley4829]

Then if the protests are dangerous to certain people, they should be banned.

[@williamwelch1950]

As a former senior public servant I know that if you need to make a statement in sensitive circumstances you run it past your best advisors. What you don’t do is blunder into an Ill thought out statement which makes things worse.This calls the Commissioner’s judgement into serious doubt.

[@deal2live]

Why would any one be in danger from a peaceful march?

[@stjohnssoup]

Very well said

[@GailPlatt]

Exactly, because it clearly isn't.

[@pops6638]

Peaceful marches, don’t always stay peaceful!

[@george6977]

Because we all know Islamists are not peaceful. MI5 have a watch list of 20,000 Islamists.

[@susanbishop5228]

If only potential victims of crime stayed in doors. There would be no crime outside

[@stracepipe]

Tbf, when the likes of Peter Sutcliffe are murdering women, the police's advice is for women not to go out 🤔.

[@elizabethanthony3916]

😂👏👏👏

[@AJ-rd4ng]

I am a dual-national, born in England, and am Israeli. I could see the 'writing was on the wall' in England when in around 2014 during the protests then, I was walking around in Kensington, near the Israeli embassy, and there happened to be an angry mob yelling and screaming at the embassy building. I am visibly Jewish (I wear a kippa, etc). The police had cordoned off the road and anyone who wasn't part of the demo, me included, was told they had to go a different way and couldn't pass. When this was said to me by a police officer, I replied, "I'm not part of any protest, it's your job to keep me safe, I want to walk up the street to the station so I can go home. Arrest those who are making it unsafe for me to walk!". They told me they couldn't guarantee my safety, there were too many of them, and therefore I had to do what they said and walk an extremely circuitous route to the station or they would not let me pass. It's got a lot worse since then, but as a qualified lawyer, I was pretty shocked to see the sad excuse for police policy that was evident on the streets that day.

[@bobbyb5546]

That cop is openly antisemitic.

[@clarepartrick1066]

Sack Rowley and sack Khan with immediate effect.

[@Khultan]

💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯🎯

[@suemcdermott2947]

Hear hear

[@applecorp]

It's modern policing 101. They've been doing it to Tommy Robinson for years. Instead of dealing with the actual problem it's far easier to remove the person who has an issue with the problem. The cop even said it out loud, there are too many of them for us to deal with.

[@philbell5705]

Ironically it was this Jewish man who had Tommy arrested a few weeks ago

[@rosihantu1]

Why are we having to tolerate this tribal war on our own soil?

[@kevin982]

Wow! This cop is a Sargent.

[@jazztheglass6139]

He's a police sergeant, he's not a constable. Probably got at least 20 years experience

[@Jouantiese]

Following instructions - to the letter!

[@mikedee1771]

Two tier policing. But why are these marches being allowed week after week. OK the right to protest but what about the wider publics right to have the police solving crimes instead of policing demonstrations.

[@iainlindsay5687]

disgusting behaviour from the Police

[@brianeke2586]

That Sergeant needs to retire - and I’m a retired Sergeant but, not from the Met.

[@khtnsuwdih]

There's no excuse. The police should anticipate EVERY scenario and know in advance how to handle it. And of course there's plenty of people on the march who should be questioned, detained. But no. Double standard policing.

[@jenniferhearne5656]

Making excuses for an excuse of a policeman?! 🤬

[@suedaniels4722]

Why didnt the police arrest that man threatening stalking? Isnt that criminal

[@user-ck5ho3di2o]

Why wasn't the black man arrested for threatening behaviour,we know why

[@andrewgiblin3468]

Disband the Met and start again, try by hiring British coppers!!

[@moriwaki1105]

England once the Envy of the World for Justice.... Education....Health Care.... Sportsmanship ....Good Manners etc....All Gone.

[@stevegregson4357]

How on earth is Rowley still in a job????

[@blackeyedturtle]

This is beyond irrational. There were at least 7 police officers standing around listening to the exchange, doing absolutely nothing. The proper and just thing to do, when a citizen is perceived to be threatened by others, is for the police to provide an escort for that individual and ensure their safety. When the police perceive a potential victim of a crime to be a threat, and threaten a victim with committing a criminal offense, they are not enforcing the laws of the land. If 2 of the over half dozen police had provided the man with protection from the threat of a peaceful mob, and given him escort, we would not be having this discussion. If it had been done immediately it would have taken the same amount of time as the ensuing discussion on the crosswalk.

[@Vegansharks]

Wonder what would have happened if he were Palestinian?

[@rayjames777]

Are you serious?

[@terryhall818]

As long as he agrees with them he would be ok but just look at the treats & violence the Iranian man gets from the protesters just for holding up a sign "hamas are terrorists"