Claire Coutinho says the Metropolitan Police “made a serious misstep” after an antisemitism campaigner was called "openly Jewish" by an officer and threatened with arrest. Report by Ajagbef. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00 Well look, I think it has been a serious misstep. I don't think any community, in this case
00:05 the Jewish community, should feel that they can't walk around and live their normal lives.
00:11 So I do think this has been a serious mistake when it comes to policing. The Home Secretary
00:15 has written to the Met and I know there will be a meeting in coming days, but I would just
00:20 remind everyone that the person who's got the responsibility to hold policing in the
00:25 accountable overall is the Labour London Mayor Sadiq Khan.