Met Police chief faces calls to be sacked over failure to protect Jews on our streets
BRITAIN’S top police officer is facing calls to be sacked over the failure to protect Jews on our streets.
It comes after cops threatened to arrest Gideon Falter for being “openly Jewish” for walking alongside a Palestinian demo in London last week.
The Met Police were forced to make two apologies after originally suggesting Mr Falter’s presence had been “provocative” as he was wearing a skullcap.
Mr Falter has called for Sir Mark Rowley to quit or be sacked by ministers over the astonishing blunder.
He said: “The time has come for Sir Mark Rowley to go. He must resign or be removed by the Mayor of London and the Home Secretary.
“What happened to me was a disgrace.”
But Mr Falter – who is the head of the Campaign Against Antisemitism – said he was left even more furious at the appalling “victim blaming” in the Met’s original apology.
The Force originally apologised on Friday night, but said Mr Falter’s presence was “provocative”.
Their tin-eared statement sparked a massive backlash.
Bungling Scotland Yard was forced to issue another statement apologising for the “further offence” caused by their first apology.
Mr Falter branded the statement “appalling, abject victim blaming”.
He added: “Sir Mark has the distinction of presiding over the worst surge in antisemitic criminality in our capital city since records began.
Those protests have made our city centres into no-go zones for Jews every weekend for six months now, and in my case, that no-go zone was enforced by the Met.
“What the Met under Sir Mark has done to the Jewish community over the course of six months is utterly unforgivable and it is time for him to go. Enough is enough.”
Meanwhile Groups of pro-Israel and pro-Palestine protesters faced off in London yesterday as tensions over Gaza continued to simmer.
The rival demos in Tottenham Court Road saw dozens of marchers from both sides waving flags and holding placards.
They were kept separate in fenced off areas with police stationed in-between.
The Sun on Sunday contacted Sadiq Khan, the Met Police and Home Office for comment.