Calls to Remove Met Police Chief After ‘Openly Jewish’ Man Threatened With Arrest

Published on April 21, 2024

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley is facing calls to quit or be fired after a campaigner was threatened with arrest for being “openly Jewish” near a pro-Palestine protest. Gideon Falter, chief executive of Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA), said the April 13 incident happened to him when he went for “a walkabout around London” with others after going to synagogue, noting that’s what he “normally” does. Assistant Met Commissioner Matt Twist later issued an apology over the incident, but the statement, which also said counter-protesters “must know their presence is provocative,” has sparked more criticisms, forcing the force to issue a new apology over the apology....