Rowley Defends Police Officer and Says Remarks to Jewish Protester ‘Clumsy’

The under-fire commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Sir Mark Rowley, has described one of his officer’s use of the phrase “openly Jewish” as being “clumsy and offensive” but has defended him from criticism. Gideon Falter, chief executive of the Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA), was threatened with arrest for a breach of the peace after he tried to defy officers who tried to prevent him crossing a pro-Palestinian protest in central London on April 13. One of the officers was heard on a video describing Mr. Falter, who was wearing a kippah, as “openly Jewish” and asking him to wait for a police escort....