Revealed: Man filmed in Al Jazeera ‘intimidation’ mob is MET police officer
Revealed: Man filmed in Al Jazeera ‘intimidation’ mob is MET police officer
Revealed: Man filmed in Al Jazeera ‘intimidation’ mob is Met police officer
A Metropolitan Police officer has been identified by Declassified as man who called Palestinian journalist a ‘dog’ and told him to ‘go back to Qatar’
A man who was filmed “intimidating” Al Jazeera journalists in London has been identified by Declassified as a serving Metropolitan Police officer.
Special Constable David Soffer was at the front of a mob that surrounded the film crew on Monday, shouting “go home”.
Footage shows Soffer directly approaching one of the Al Jazeera journalists, who is Palestinian, calling him a “dog” and a “donkey” in Arabic.
“Go back to Qatar,” he is heard saying. “Get out of here, you donkey.”