Two-Tier Policing Row Over Palestine Protester Dressed as Holocaust Victim
The Metropolitan Police have been accused of “two-tier” policing after officers ignored a pro-Palestinian protester dressed as a Holocaust concentration camp inmate despite warning men “waving Israeli flags” that they could be guilty of breaching the peace. The Telegraph has more.
Jewish leaders and MPs criticised the “religiously-aggravated” outfit worn by Maria Gallastegui, in which she replaced the star worn by inmates with an Islamic symbol.
They complained that police failed to challenge a protest “clearly designed to cause distress”, but warned men “waving Israeli flags” at a Palestine Action march that they could be guilty of breaching the peace.
Ms Gallastegui, 66, a full-time protester who gave up her job as a coach driver nearly 20 years ago for a life of activism, joined a protest against plans to ban Palestine Action after its activists attacked RAF aircraft with paint.
Critics contrasted her treatment with that of Hamit Coskun, who was prosecuted and fined for a religiously aggravated public order offence after he set fire to a Koran outside the Turkish consulate in London.
Free speech advocates argue that offensive behaviour should not be criminalised, regardless of whether it is committed by protesters against Islam, such as Mr Coskun, or against Israel.
Robert Jenrick, the Shadow Justice Secretary, said: “We appear to have a two-tier blasphemy law in this country, which protects Islam from offensive references but not others.”
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It warms my heart to think of how empty she must feel inside.
I totally thought that was a guy in the photo. And how does one make a living out of activism, anyway? I’m still none the wiser who pays Greta an allowance. It just shows how orchestrated this all is. I refuse to call them ”pro-Palestine” because this has absolutely nothing to do with Palestine and never has. It’s the same useful idiots supporting all the terrorists, including the Islamic Republic of Iran, therefore ‘pro-Jihadists’ or ‘pro-terrorists’ is surely more factually correct. And as we know, if you support terrorism you’re by default anti-West/democracy. There’s a reason all the nutty Transtifa brigade are also siding with the pro-terrorist lot, which defies all logic. These are all ideological nutjob extremists that don’t belong in civilized society, in my opinion. Well, not just mine; ”13 arrested at pro-terror demo shocker! This is a glimpse of our future. One endless march in support of any lunatic cause you’d care to mention. The streets full of it. Jihad. Intifada. All manner of murderous extremism. Inadequate little men with blue hair and trans flags, dressed like grannies on acid, stood alongside bovine Islamists who would gladly hang them from a crane. Mummy-knows-best women embracing rape culture… Read more »