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The Met has previously been criticised over its handling of the pro-Palestinian protests - which have been held weekly since 14 October - with ministers calling for the force to take a tougher line on those deemed to be expressing extremist views.
The force is also planning to position Arabic-speaking officers on the march, backed up in its central control room with lawyers to advise on whether specific phrases break the law.
In a briefing to reporters, the Met’s Assistant Commissioner Ade Adelekan stressed the force’s new approach of directly telling protesters about the limits to what they can say or write on placards.
Damage to poppy wreaths would not be tolerated, and police will specifically protect the Royal Artillery Memorial at Hyde Park Corner after criticism that protesters who climbed on it last week were not arrested.
Mr Adelekan said there were potential offences of criminal damage and disorderly behaviour for people who climbed statues but the power of arrest lay with individual officers.
Former prime ministers Tony Blair and David Cameron both promised to ban the group, whose stated aim is the re-establishment of an Islamic caliphate, before abandoning the proposals,
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guriinii@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Sick of them calling it a war when it’s an orcastrated genocide.