London police apologize after threatening to arrest ‘openly Jewish’ man near pro-Palestinian protest

NBC ^ | April 20, 2024 | Associated Press

[Jonty30]

This article begs to differ. If you present a threat to the public peace, you can be arrested. The mandate in British founded countries is peace and good order. If you might violate that, you can be arrested.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/may/20/homeless-people-fined-imprisoned-pspo-england-wales

[Political Junkie Too]

It’s called loitering.

How is it loitering when the whole point of protesting is to be seen and heard?

The guy was there to hear the protesters. Isn't that what the protesters wanted?

Did the police threaten everyone who stood around to watch with loitering, or just the "openly Jewish" guy? If he's the symbol of what they're protesting, isn't it his right to be there and hear and see for himself what they're saying?

Or is this some kind of secret protest where everyone in London is allowed to attend except the "openly Jewish" people? "Those people" are loiterers. Let's move them to a "Jewish" ghetto where they can be openly Jewish, for their own protection of course.

PJ

[Jamestown1630]

I appreciate the police, and I appreciate what they’re going through now. They aren’t paid nearly enough for the increasing sh!t they have to put up with - including the frequent demonization to which they’re subjected.

I think the average cop knows what is right to do, but the politics/politicians (and lawyers!) who actually ‘run’ them now are causing them to have to constantly second-guess their own good judgment. They never know where they stand anymore, or what might happen to them depending on the political winds.

I wasn’t there when this incident took place, so I can’t fall down on one side or another. I’m just amazed that anybody would want to be a cop these days; and I wonder what will happen to us when nobody decent DOES want to go into policing anymore.

[Hiddigeigei]

London has become an Islamic colony. Sadly, the rest of Britain is targeted to follow. It is part of the globalist plan to destroy nationalism and Western civilization.

[AndyJackson]

What would be really nice is for the people of the English speaking world to start defending their own civilization. It’s got some faults, sure, but given the alternatives, it’s done pretty well.

[Thud]

He wasn't a problem and so there was no valid grounds for ordering him to move on. In America, a criminal charge for disobeying a police order requires an underlying offense, which is almost always disturbing the peace.

I have personally litigated such cases, both as criminal defense counsel and once, after I got the guy off, won him a civil suit for money damages for false arrest and civil rights violation. That did involve an old high school grudge by the very young officer.

[Jamestown1630]

Again, I wasn’t there and have only seen a small video made of the middle of the interaction. I can’t decide anything on the basis of that, and your personal experience doesn’t tell me anything more about this particular incident.