Shadow justice secretary Shabana Mahmood says she is “deeply concerned” after an officer described an antisemitism campaigner as "openly Jewish" at a demonstration in London. Report by Ajagbef. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00 I was horrified when I saw the footage. It's obviously deeply concerning. I can completely
00:04 understand the strength of feeling and why the gentleman concerned is not only rightly upset
00:11 about what's happened but wants to see action. I think it's right that an apology has been made.
00:17 In fact, I think two apologies have been made by the police. That is right. I don't think that
00:24 it requires the resignation of the Commissioner of Metropolitan Police,
00:28 but I do think the police need to take some steps to make sure that every community has confidence
00:34 in their policing and that they're appropriately enforcing the laws of our land which are to
00:41 support the right to protest but also to make sure that we don't have any incitement or hate
00:46 crime occurring either. So both of those things are difficult to do in the current circumstances
00:50 and the police need to do more to maintain community confidence.