Suella Braverman to problem Met Police chief over dealing with of protesters chanting ‘jihad’
The home secretary will problem the commissioner of the Metropolitan Police over the pressure’s choice to not arrest pro-Palestine protesters calling for “jihad” towards Israel.
Suella Braverman will inform Sir Mark Rowley later “there will be no place for incitement to hatred or violence” on UK streets and police ought to “crackdown on anybody breaking the regulation”.
Some ministers have condemned the police for his or her dealing with of rallies in London and different cities together with Birmingham, Cardiff and Belfast over the weekend in response to the Israel-Hamas battle.
The pressure mentioned officers had additionally reviewed a video of a Hizb ut-Tahrir protest exhibiting a person talking right into a microphone in entrance of a banner studying “Muslim Armies! Rescue the People of Palestine”.
The predominant speaker asks: “What is the answer to liberate folks from the focus camp referred to as Palestine?”
A person standing to the aspect of the speaker, however neither on a platform nor talking into the microphone, can then be heard chanting phrases together with “jihad, jihad”, as can some others attending the rally.
Responding to the submit on social media, the Met mentioned specialist counter-terrorism officers had not recognized any offences arising from the clip.
Sir Mark was already scheduled to fulfill Ms Braverman later at present.
A supply near the home secretary mentioned: “The home secretary is already attributable to meet the Metropolitan Police commissioner [on Monday] to debate the continued Israel-Gaza protests and might be asking for a proof over the response to incidents which took place on Saturday.
“There will be no place for incitement to hatred or violence on Britain’s streets and, because the home secretary has made clear, the police are urged to crack down on anybody breaking the regulation.”
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