{"id":5211,"date":"2025-10-05T18:04:50","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T18:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/?p=5211"},"modified":"2025-10-05T18:04:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T18:04:50","slug":"london-in-turmoil-492-arrests-one-question-nobody-can-answer-%e2%9a%a0%ef%b8%8f-what-was-meant-to-be-a-peaceful-protest-has-turned-into-one-of-the-most-explosive-nights-in-recent-uk-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/?p=5211","title":{"rendered":"LONDON IN TURMOIL \u2014 492 ARRESTS, ONE QUESTION NOBODY CAN ANSWER \u26a0\ufe0f What was meant to be a peaceful protest has turned into one of the most explosive nights in recent UK history. The Metropolitan Police confirmed 492 arrests after pro-Palestinian demonstrators refused to back down \u2014 even after officials begged organisers to cancel the event following a synagogue terror attack that shocked the nation. But here\u2019s the question no one in power is answering: Why was the protest allowed to go on \u2014 and who gave the order to stand down until it was too late? Unseen footage and shocking eyewitness reports below \u2014 what really happened on the streets of London?"},"content":{"rendered":"

At least 492 people have been arrested at a pro-Palestine protest in central London after\u00a0organisers refused to cancel the demonstration following the synagogue terror attack earlier this week.<\/p>\n

The Prime Minister had urged groups behind the demonstrations in Manchester and\u00a0London<\/span>\u00a0along with attendees to \u2018respect the grief of British Jews\u2019 as he said the events could cause further pain to mourners.<\/p>\n

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However, a protest in central London campaigning against the proscription of\u00a0Palestine<\/span>\u00a0Action went ahead, after organisers from group Defend Our Juries had a public spat with the\u00a0Metropolitan Police<\/span>\u00a0and refused to call it off.<\/p>\n

By 3.45pm on Saturday, Met Police officers had arrested 175 people for expressing support for the proscribed group, mostly for holding signs that read: \u2018I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action\u2019.<\/p>\n

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A Daily Mail analysis shows that the Met Police has so far arrested at least 1,984 people in London for allegedly supporting Palestine Action since it was proscribed on July 5.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, a march held by Greater Manchester Friends of Palestine, which has taken place regularly over the last two years, also went ahead in the face of counter-protesters who held Union flags.<\/p>\n

And vast swathes of people turned out at pro-Palestinian rallies across Europe on, calling for an immediate end to the war in Gaza and the release of activists on board a flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to the territory.<\/p>\n

The Manchester marches were referenced by members of the public who heckled Deputy Prime Minister\u00a0David Lammy<\/span>\u00a0when he spoke at a vigil near the attack on Friday.<\/p>\n

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Police remove a protester after a banner was unfurled on Westminster Bridge as part of a demonstration organised by Defend our Juries, in support of Palestine Action, in London on Saturday<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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People take part in a demonstration organised by GM Friends of Palestine at Manchester Cathedral on Saturday<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Around 50 pro-Palestine demonstrators gathered at a rally in Manchester on Saturday<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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How many in London have the Met Police arrested for supporting PA?<\/h3>\n
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A Daily Mail analysis of contemporaneous news reports and official police figures shows that the Met Police has arrested at least 1,984 people for allegedly supporting Palestine Action since it was sanctioned.<\/p>\n

The group was made a proscribed terrorist organisation on July 5 after its activists broke into RAF Brize Norton and vandalised a plane.<\/p>\n

The government\u2019s move was heavily criticised by civil liberties groups as a gross overreach of the state that conflated protest with terror.<\/p>\n

Despite the proscription, thousands still took to streets across the country to show their support for both Palestine Action and the people of Gaza.<\/p>\n

The Met has been slammed for alleged overzealousness in its arrests.<\/p>\n

At a protest in London\u2019s Parliament Square on August 9, Brighton engineer Miles Pickering was arrested for wearing a T-shirt that read \u2018Plasticine Action\u2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

It comes after a protest in support of members of a flotilla attempting to reach Gaza, including Swedish activist Greta Th<\/p>\n

unberg, held in Whitehall, central London just hours after the fatal attack on Thursday evening descended into chaos.<\/p>\n

Early on Saturday afternoon, a group of people attending the Defend Our Juries protest unfurled a banner on Westminster Bridge which read: \u2018We oppose genocide. We support Palestine Action.\u2019<\/p>\n

Six people were arrested after unfurling the banner for expressing support for a proscribed organisation, the Met said.<\/p>\n

Officers from the Met Police then began making arrests amongst protesters who were declaring their support for Palestine Action.<\/p>\n

An estimate from organisers Defend Our Juries suggested around 700 people gathered in Trafalgar Square, half the number they had predicted. A statement on the group\u2019s social media pages later said 1,000 had gathered.<\/p>\n

At 1pm, many unveiled signs which said they supported Palestine Action.<\/p>\n

Dave Rich, director of policy at the Community Security Trust charity which provides protection for the Jewish community, told BBC Radio 4\u2019s Today programme: \u2018I think it\u2019s phenomenally tone deaf, to say the least, for so many people who claim to care about human rights and care about freedoms, to be taking police resources away from protecting the rights and freedoms of Jewish people to live their lives and go to synagogue in safety, all to support a proscribed terrorist organisation, which is not the same thing as supporting the Palestinians.<\/p>\n

\u2018And I think it\u2019s remarkably self-absorbed and insensitive, to say the least.\u2019<\/p>\n

But Kerry Moscogiuri, director of campaigns at human rights group Amnesty International UK, said: \u2018Arresting hundreds of people for peacefully sitting down and holding these signs is not the job of police.<\/p>\n

\u2018These arrests are in breach of the UK\u2019s international human rights obligations and should not be happening.\u2019<\/p>\n

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A protester is escorted by police at a \u2018Lift the ban\u2019 protest by pro-Palestine group \u2018Defend our Juries\u2019 Pro-Palestine march in London on October 4<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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People stage a protest to demand the British government to lift its ban on Palestine Action in Trafalgar Square on Saturday<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Protesters hold signs declaring their support for Palestine Action during a protest in Trafalgar Square, central London today<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A protester is taken away by police officers after being arrested in central London<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Protesters unfurl a banner on Westminster Bridge as part of a demonstration organised by Defend our Juries, in support of Palestine Action in Trafalgar Square<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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