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Scotland Yard boss Sir Mark Rowley was tonight facing calls to resign or be sacked after police threatened an anti-Semitism leader with arrest for being 'openly Jewish'.
Gideon Falter demanded action after he was stopped by police after trying to cross the road near a pro-Palestine march.
On Saturday night, Mr Falter, chief executive of the Campaign Against Antisemitism, said: 'The time has come for Sir Mark Rowley to go. '
The row started after Mr Falter, 40, was on his way home from a synagogue wearing a kippah skullcap last Saturday.
He was warned that he risked 'antagonising' marchers. In a video, posted on X (formerly Twitter), an officer was heard telling Mr Falter that he was 'worried about the reaction' protesters might have to his 'presence' and 'part' of the reason he can't cross the road is because he is Jewish.
Gideon Falter demanded action after he was stopped by police after trying to cross the road near a pro-Palestine march
Mr Falter, chief executive of the Campaign Against Antisemitism, said: 'The time has come for Sir Mark Rowley to go'
