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Met police failed to follow internal guidelines on policing Palestine protests

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The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) arrested pro-Palestine activists against its own internal guidance, documents seen by Declassified suggest. The files, obtained through Freedom of Information requests, also show that the force is cracking down on the use of Arabic words far beyond its controversial policing of the term intifada. The information comes from two versions of MPS “guidance” advisi...
In the skeptical mode, we analyze this article as a news report that presents a narrative about the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) and its handling of pro-Palestine activists. STEELMAN: The article presents a strong narrative that the MPS may have arrested individuals against its own internal guidance, and that its guidance on what constitutes grounds for arrest at Israel-Palestine protests has been reviewed twice, with the later version placing a heavier emphasis on investigating words in Ar...