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THE Met Police have been blasted after a video showed an officer insisting swastikas “need to be taken in context” at a pro-Palestine protest.

In the clip, a distressed Jewish woman is seen in London on Saturday complaining about the Nazi symbol on placards comparing Israel’s Gaza offensive to the Holocaust.

A Met cop insists that swastikas 'need to be taken in context' at a pro-Palestine protest
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A Met cop insists that swastikas 'need to be taken in context' at a pro-Palestine protestCredit: Pixel8000
A distressed Jewish woman is seen complaining about the Nazi symbol on placards
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A distressed Jewish woman is seen complaining about the Nazi symbol on placardsCredit: Pixel8000
The Campaign Against Antisemitism called the clip 'gobsmacking'
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The Campaign Against Antisemitism called the clip 'gobsmacking'Credit: Pixel8000

But an officer says: “I haven’t said anything about it, that it is or it isn’t.

“Everything needs to be taken in context.”

The Campaign Against Antisemitism called the clip “gobsmacking”.

It added: “The notion a police officer could imagine a context in which the Nazi swastika is acceptable is distressing.”

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The force said the officer made clear earlier in the video the placard holder had been arrested.

It added: “A number of people were arrested for hate crimes, public order and terrorist offences.”

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