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Home secretary to meet Metropolitan police commissioner after officers said no offences were identified in footage from demonstration in London
Police will have to explain the response to pro-Palestine protesters chanting “jihad”, a cabinet minister has said ahead of a meeting between Suella Braverman and Metropolitan Police commissioner Sir Mark Rowley.
The home secretary will urge Scotland Yard chief Sir Mark Rowley to use the “full force of the law” after video emerged of a pro-Palestinian protester chanting “jihad”, PA news reports.
The home secretary will make it clear that the government thinks the full force of the law should be used.
The police are operationally independent, which I think is appropriate, and they will have to explain the reasons for the decisions they have taken.
There can be no place for incitement to hatred or violence on Britain’s streets and, as the Home Secretary has made clear, the police are urged to crack down on anyone breaking the law.
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