‘This is a Muslim area’: Moment Met Police officer confronted in Whitechapel as she defends free speech of Christian preacher

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/police-officer-whitechapel-defends-christian-preacher-muslim-area-b1272175.html

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15 Comments

  1. *”The preacher is also physically attacked by a man wearing a black duffel coat and mask, who shoves him from behind, causing him to stumble forward.”*

    In the UK, deliberately shoving someone, even without causing physical injury, is common assault  These police officers should have arrested him.

    Because this attack appears to target the preacher based on his religion, it could also meet the criteria for an aggravated hate offence.

    Also, the officer on the left doesn’t exactly look impressed by his colleague lol. 

  2. >This is a Muslim area

    Where’s all that integration I was informed was definitely happening?

  3. I was hoping there would be a clip because the police woman’s partner looks just as hostile towards her as all the other men. Why isn’t he backing her up?

  4. the video is actually fucking insane,

    a mob of men arguing that they should be allowed to shove, attack really, the preacher because he was insiting hatred by ‘calling the prophet a donkey’ just bonkers

  5. iamezekiel1_14 on

    As much as I don’t like Banbury’s most famous former Algerian taxi driver for a nunber of reasons – given the context of the UK at minute I do find his videos do provide interesting viewing as it provides insight in to whats going on in other areas of the country and how some of the issues are handled. This demonstrates the problem clearly.

  6. I thought the policewoman handled it extremely well. Calm, fair and saying nothing that could be used against her.

    As for the accusations, calling a stone a box is not something you call the police for, neither is calling what you happen to believe in a donkey. These people genuinely seem to believe their religion is untouchable.

  7. Street preachers of all descriptions are a pain in the arse, but ‘this is a muslim area’ is a crazy statement in the UK.

  8. Nurgleschampion on

    How about noone gets to preach and we leave the desert religions in the past where they belong.

  9. PM_ME_BEEF_CURTAINS on

    > People are seen yelling at the preacher, with one bearded man shouting: “Talk about Jesus, don’t talk about Muhammad”, and another shouting “Your God is a Jew.”

    Dude needs to read the Quran.

    Jesus is pretty heavily mentioned in there, as a Jew…

    This is the kind of antisemitism that needs urgent action.