Hundreds of people demanded that the Metropolitan Police change its policy on hate crime and public order offences.
Anger at the way the Metropolitan Police has handled protests in the capital since Hamas’s attack on Israel was brought to the steps of New Scotland Yard on Wednesday.
On Wednesday the campaigners outside Scotland Yard, who held banners which read “Act Against Hate Before It’s Too Late” and “Zero Tolerance For Anti-Semites”, claimed there have been too few arrests, lax policing, and excuses posted on social media for why certain chants and signs and phrases are not seen as hate crimes.
He told the crowd on Wednesday: “We are here to say thank you to the police for all the years of protection but we cannot endure another one of these marches – another national march for Palestine is due to course through our streets.
He added: “It is obviously difficult for a thousand police to deal with 100,000 people on a demonstration.“The new commissioner is a good guy. I know he takes these issues seriously. The last thing we need is a row between the Met and ministers. The Metropolitan Police later said that two people, a man and a woman who were in separate cars, were each arrested for a racially aggravated public order offence after racist abuse was allegedly directed at a group protesting outside New Scotland Yard. They are both in custody.This week, Prime minister Rishi Sunak signalled that police are unlikely to be given more powers to address chants deemed to be extremist after comments at last Saturday’s rally.
Addressing MPs, Rishi Sunak said: “But we do believe, at the moment, the police do have the powers to arrest those who are inciting violence or racial hatred, there is no place on our streets for that type of behaviour and we will work extensively to clarify the guidance to officers on the ground so they are aware fully about the powers and tools that are available to them to make sure these people feel the force of the law.
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