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Policewoman who chanted ‘free Palestine’ investigated by Scotland Yard

Footage of the office, posted on Twitter, sparked questions from some corners as to whether she should have expressed political views while on duty.

Henry Goodwin by Henry Goodwin
2021-05-19 11:01
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A policewoman filmed in uniform chanting “free Palestine” alongside protestors in central London over the weekend is being investigated by the Metropolitan Police’s professional standards unit.

Footage of the office, posted on Twitter, sparked questions from some corners as to whether she should have expressed political views while on duty.

The officer, who has not been named, was filmed holding a white rose and hugging a female demonstrator, telling her: “I’ve got you and I’m here”. She then turned to the crowd, raised her hand and shouted: “Free free Palestine”.

Police officers are forbidden from taking part in any activity that is “likely to interfere with the impartial discharge of duty or likely to give rise to the impression that the activity may do so”.

A Scotland Yard spokesman said the force’s internal Directorate of Professional Standards was investigating. 

He said: “While officers are encouraged to positively engage with those attending demonstrations, they know they are not to actively participate or adopt political positions.”

A UK police officer is under investigation after a video of her shouting “Free Palestine” during anti-Israeli demonstrations in London emerged on social media pic.twitter.com/mzxnDex406

— TRT World (@trtworld) May 18, 2021

Last summer Dame Cressida Dick, the Met commissioner, said that officers policing protests should not take a knee for safety reasons. Some officers at Black Lives Matter demonstrations had done so, in solidarity with the anti-racist protests.

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