I have looked further into this HB and all is not as it was first presented. It is worth watching the full video clip which puts what happened into context: https://news.sky.com/story/sky-news-footage-reveals-new-details-of-exchange-between-police-and-antisemitism-campaigner-called-openly-jewish-13120104. Having viewed this it is clear that the police overall handled this extremely well. The person involved is a well known provocateur and a militant Zionist, determined to create an incident for his own purposes. He was very lucky not to be arrested - if any of the pro- Palestinian people in the area had behaved liked this (including pushing one of the police officers) he would undoubtedly have been arrested. The words used by one of the police officers were ill chosen but he was dealing with a difficult situation where the person involved was clearly intent on creating a violent interaction with the demonstrators. The Mail and other news outlets only showed a short clip which was entirely out of context. All credit to Sky News was publishing the entire 13 minute clip. The individual concerned has a history of this - I may post more in due course. I certainly hope that none of the police officers concerned face disciplinary action because in this instance they do not deserve it. I also hope the Met Police Commissioner stands firm.
Hi NGB, iv'e been away for weekend and yes i did pick up about him being well known for his Millitant behaviour. And i agree it was stage managed, I did watch last night the Police was getting praised for how they delt with it overall and even though the words chosen were totally wrong, overall they was put in a difficult position. But these marches are happening week in and week out, i have to spare a thought for the Jewish population in London, who probably are having to avoid such area's, i wouldn't want to be Jewish and walking through London now with my wife and Children, also the fact, the resources it is taking to Police these Demo's in different city's when these officers should be out there fighting crime, and to be honest NGB after all this, i think it will have serious repercussions in the future for peaceful demonstrations?
I think the MET should be putting the Public Order act 1986 in to better use, it gives them powers to limit the number of People involved and they can change the route and limit duration. Imagine working hard all week and then you go into your City to be confronted week in and week out with these sort of Demo's and someone blurting out "from the river to the sea" to the sound of drums beating.