@Moglet4 highly doubtful statement by you that half the people in the ‘pro-Pal side’ were actually Jewish - any evidence that half were?
More on this story from the Telegraph today:
The Metropolitan Police has been accused of lying over the arrest of a Jewish lawyer for allegedly antagonising pro-Palestine protesters by wearing a Star of David.
The man in his 40s, who the Telegraph is not naming, claimed that Scotland Yard misled the public in a statement it issued after his arrest and detention.
The Telegraph revealed the lawyer had been arrested, handcuffed behind his back and detained for 10 hours and remains under investigation.
Detectives asked him repeatedly about the necklace he was wearing, claiming the Star of David pendant had “antagonised” demonstrators protesting outside the Israeli embassy in London on Aug 29.
In a statement released on X after The Telegraph disclosed the incident, the Met Police insisted he had not been arrested for wearing a Star of David.
However, interview footage obtained by The Telegraph showed a detective accusing the man of openly wearing a Star of David, which the detective said could cause “offence”.
The detective said officers who had arrested the man “have noted in their statements that they believed because the Star of David was out and present to people … they felt that was antagonising the situation further”.
In the statement, the force said: “We understand the concerns, but the claim this man was arrested for wearing a Star of David necklace is not true.”
The Met declined to say why the man was questioned about the symbol. It also claimed the six minutes of footage made public by The Telegraph from the police interview was only six minutes of an hour-long interview.
But in fact the total video footage runs to about 45 minutes, including a statement read out by the accused that lasts for 18 minutes. Police question the man for about 28 minutes, of which about seven minutes is concerned with discussion of his wearing of the Star of David.
The Jewish lawyer told The Telegraph: “That police statement is a total misrepresentation and at best misleading. They have now compounded their initial error by ignoring the basic question of why they raised the Star of David in the first place. This statement only reduces the faith the Jewish community has in the police.”
The Tories demanded the Met Police issue an apology for the arrest and subsequent line of questioning.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/10/22/metropolitan-police-lied-arrest-jewish-lawyer/