Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley says he’s “shocked and frustrated” at a deliberate protest in help of Palestine Motion.
The demonstration, as a result of happen in Westminster later, comes as the federal government strikes to ban the group below anti-terror legal guidelines.
Activists from Palestine Motion hit the headlines final week after focusing on RAF Brize Norton and damaging two army plane in a big safety breach.
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Why did activists goal an RAF base?
Residence Secretary Yvette Cooper will replace MPs on the transfer to proscribe the organisation, which might make it a legal offence to belong to or help it.
Sir Mark stated that – till this occurs – the pressure has “no power in law” to forestall the protest from going down, however lawbreakers might be “dealt with robustly”.
He added: “This is an organised extremist criminal group, whose proscription as terrorists is being actively considered.
“Members are alleged to have induced hundreds of thousands of kilos of legal injury, assaulted a police officer with a sledgehammer and final week claimed duty for breaking into an airbase and damaging plane.
“Multiple members of the group are awaiting trial accused of serious offences.”
He added that – whereas the proper to protest is important – “actions in support of such a group go beyond what most would see as a legitimate protest”.
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Trump’s golf course in Ayrshire was vandalised by Palestine Motion. Pic: PA
Over the weekend, Enterprise Secretary Jonathan Reynolds stated he couldn’t rule out the potential of a overseas energy being behind Palestine Motion.
Any transfer to proscribe the group have to be debated and accredited by MPs and friends.
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Plans to ban activist group criticised
Lord Falconer stated: “I am not aware of what Palestine Action has done beyond the painting of things on the planes in Brize Norton, they may have done other things I didn’t know.
“However typically, that kind of demonstration would not justify proscription so there have to be one thing else that I do not learn about.”
Palestine Motion has staged a sequence of protests in latest months – spraying the places of work of Allianz Insurance coverage in London, and vandalising Donald Trump’s golf course in Ayrshire.
