At today’s “peaceful” protest, @MetPoliceUK officers were hounded away for doing their jobs as a mob swore at them and chanted “Zionist police, off our streets.” What had the officers done to deserve this? In this footage, captured by our Demonstration and Event Monitoring Unit, we see that police officers had confiscated one of the “peaceful” protesters’ placards showing an assault rifle held aloft. Over a year of these protests, the mobs on our streets have become bolder and bolder as senior police officers appease them. Our police are failing to enforce the law, but when frontline officers have had enough and do take even mild action, as they did here, the mobs obstruct and abuse them, forcing them to retreat. If this is how they treat the police, is it any wonder that two thirds of the public now avoid city centres when these weekly protests and marches take place? Imagine what it feels like for London’s Jews who have had to hide their identity or avoid central London for over a year now. Why does Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley continue to appease and embolden thugs masquerading as activists? These protests are hostile and should be policed no differently than intimidation by football hooligans. Are we expected to go through yet another winter of Armistice Day and Christmas shopping being jostled by these anti-Israel protests? Enough excuses. Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley, Mayor of London @SadiqKhan, and Home Secretary @YvetteCooperMP must urgently take action just as they did against the thugs and arsonists who smashed up streets this summer. There is no room for double standards in policing. The most basic duty of law enforcement is to ensure that our streets are safe for ordinary citizens. Does anyone still believe that they are performing that duty effectively?
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