Met Police Chief faces calls to resign over pro-Palestine protest row | LBC analysis

As Met Police Chief, Mark Rowley, faces calls to resign over the force's handling of pro-Palestinian protests, Carol Vorderman speaks to President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, Marie van der Zyl.

On 13th April, Gideon Falter, chief executive of Campaign Against Antisemitism, had been wearing a kippah skull-cap when he was stopped near a pro-Palestinian demonstration in London.

An officer described Falter as 'openly Jewish' and told him his presence could be 'provocative'. The Met Police have now apologised.

Speaking to LBC, Falter said: 'The change that we are looking for has got to come from the top of The Met which keeps putting their frontline officers in impossible situations.'

He added: 'Let's not pretend that I'm the one being disrespectful to the police, please.'

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[gentleeventful]

Thousands of women and children killed and we're discussing one person not allowed to cross the road. What's a bizarre world?

[ahmedzia]

These psychopaths always makes their victims think that it’s their fault .

[robertshepherd-movw]

Normal people do not go for a peaceful stroll around their neighbourhood accompanied by a squad of goons. Pathetic.

[pallascat]

This guy went out with his body guards to get a confrontation. He is full of bs.

[dw-ylln]

Let’s be real. If someone draped in a Palestinian flag was walking towards a Jewish march, they’d get stopped too. And it wouldn’t make it to the news.

[princehamaada]

Disrespecting a police man who was doin his job not only doin his job but also protection him

[DivineLove]

Gideon Falter, CEO of hardline pro Israel lobby group CAA and director of JNF which raises money to acquire land for colonial settlements in Palestine - just happened to have “stumbled” across a pro-Palestinian protest in London - with his body guards and film crew in tow

[BJ-ldvn]

He went to incite trouble and he got 😂cancelled ! Tantrum alert .

[johnrussell]

He was just walking with his film crew, as you do, and he came across a pro Palestine protest.
And he wanted to get to the other side of the street. 😂

[Hagueuuebrieurbfbf]

People are tired of the constant self victimisation.

[aklim]

ISREAL just like playing VICTIM all the time

[MollyRuiz]

I’m sick and tired of hearing about this guy he went there looking for trouble and now he’s everywhere crying about it 🙄

[VoiceSriLanka]

Everyone should show their opposition on all social media accounts to this pathological liar Gideon FAULTER and in support of met police who relatively doing a great job in London.

[cxxjlrb]

The officers were trying to protect him.

[kinghenryxl]

Oh please! WE ALL SAW THE VIDEO! He went there to specifically to instigate an incident

[prestigepea]

If I wanted to walk against the flow of any protest, I would rightly be identified as being their to disrupt it and rightly told not to. Watch the whole video.

[pml]

Not all Jews are Zionists. Not all Zionists are Jews.

[DuruttiVisca]

Sorry, your victim card has been declined Gideon 😂

[drewnelson-rvjr]

I'll give ya an apology! Blame the IDF! Coz when I get upset about 30, 000 dead Palastinians I'm told to blame Hamas!

[grahamhireme]

If he’d been black he’d have broken ribs and a six month sentence by now