Shocking moment police officer threatens to ARREST man for ‘breaching the peace’ simply by being ‘quite openly Jewish’ near pro-Palestine march in London

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1. What this and the ‘Hamas are terrorists’ guy shows is that the police think the pro palestine protesters are likely to be violent to anyone they see as the opposition.

2. Being Jewish with intent. Can’t believe he thought he’d get away with antagonising a peaceful protest like that. What does he think London is, some kind of modern Liberal city?

3. They’re not pro-Hamas marches , but you’ll be beaten up or arrested ‘for your own safety’ if you say anything anti-Hamas there.

   They’re not anti-semitic marches, but if you’re openly Jewish and go near one, the police will arrest you, ‘for your own safety’ before the crowd tears you to pieces.

   This has been going on for half a year now, and they’re not calming down. EU countries banned these marches straight away because they knew the trouble they’d cause, and things are peaceful there. It’s time we follow their example.

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5. If Jewish people cannot be safe then these protests should not be allowed to happen.

6. This cannot be true. We cannot have fallen this far

7. On one hand the officer is correct. He’s being deliberate and provocative in his attire for a reaction.

   However,

   It clearly fucking works because why shouldn’t he be allowed to be openly Jewish? Jewish isn’t Zionism right? That’s what they keep saying

8. Kind of confusing article. It seems like it’s more likely the police officer was being stupid? There were plenty of Jewish people at protests I attended, where any protestors being violent or threatening?. The Mail bringing up the Swastika thing is ridiculous as well, that video was proven to be standard procedure and the woman with the swastika was arrested anyway

9. >The man, who said he trying to walk around the capital after going to a synagogue

   Interesting how this random man was seemingly tracked down after the incident and interviewed. And there just happened to be multiple cameras that captured the incident.

   Definitely not a planned incident

10. [Remember Constable Savage, Not The Nine o’Clock News?](https://youtu.be/Xo6hdKsa6ls?si=auKJgg-o-IQzfEMC). See especially at around 2:15 onwards.

11. If a Jewish man cannot even stand next to their march then maybe they aren’t actually peaceful protestors and shouldn’t be treated as such?

    It’s like that guy holding a sign saying Hamas are terrorists that was arrested. Anybody attacking someone holding that sign are terrorist sympathisers and should be treated accordingly.

    Police need to grow a spine and do their job of protecting the public, instead of threatening to arrest someone for being Jewish.

12. This is a BNP March and you are openly black so I’m going to arrest you for your own safety….

    Yh somehow I doubt they’d say that

    They would just shut down the protest but they don’t want to do that with the Palestinian marches because they’re scared of both the protestors and what they’ll do, and for being seen as racist

13. What about the quite openly Jewish people who lead and participate in the peace marches?

    Would love to see the build up to this conversation, surely they have it after filming from multiple angles with high quality cameras?

14. >’I am not accusing you of anything but I am worried about the reaction to your presence.’

    …

    >Another clip from the protest was also shared of a second officer telling the Jewish man: ‘I am trying to make sure you are safe and that no one attacks you or your group or anyone else, that’s all.

    I don’t see anything in the article that suggests the police are harassing him for being Jewish. They seem to be pragmatic in not allowing conflict to start with the pro-Palastinian protesters.

    It does illustrate the tension that there is at the moment.

15. Obviously a case of a daft copper saying the wrong thing. This is like an even more stupid version of the guy at the coronation threatened/arrested for holding a blank piece of paper.

    I seem to remember plenty of commenters there saying ‘well what do you expect if you’re out to wind people up’, which I don’t agree with or think is what this chap is necessarily doing. But if this is proof that pro-palestinian protesters are inherently violent, which I see plenty here saying, it says the same about monarchists.

16. It was likely to protect the Jewish guy if you stand back and assess the situation as whole and use your brain.

17. I wonder what what happen if you went dressed as:

    – a clown
    – a pantomime horse
    – borat

18. These marches should have been shut down months ago. They are anti social bordering on the criminal, they are a huge strain on police resources and there is a obvious anti Semitic element within them. 

    Their point has been made they want a ceasefire with no hostages released so Hamas can reconsolidate in a few weeks time and be stronger for a renewed battle. 

19. Clearly a publicity stunt by this man, who by an odd coincidence, just happened to have somebody filming him (and then subsequently editing the footage to remove much of the context). Part of a group that set out to create an incident in order to promote their “Any criticism of Israel is ant-semitic” narrative. I wonder what the reaction would have been if it was a bunch of Palestinian supporters trying to insert themselves into Campaign Against Antisemitism event.

20. Everything about this story stinks. No matter who you are, where your sympathies and loyalties lie, there is something within this mess that will amplify your existing feelings.

21. The utter masquerade of this geopolitical conflict being perpetuated as a predominantly religious conflict internationally by both perceived ‘sides’ is so obtuse.