The Metropolitan Police has released video footage showing officers being subjected to vile abuse and racial slurs during Saturday’s protests in London.
Footage published on X shows one protester calling an officer a “f****ng pr**k” and a “f****ng w***er” while police attempt to make an arrest.
The officer can also be heard saying: “Sir can you watch your language there are children around.”
In a later clip, the same protester can be heard saying “you f*****ng sp**tic c**t”, while another officer says: “Don’t spit at me either.”
In another clip, an officer asks a man sitting in a police van to stop yelling before he proceeds to call the officer the ‘n' word.
Another video shows a protester shouting at a police officer, telling him to “go back to your homeland” before being arrested. In a separate clip, a protester can be heard calling an officer a “p**i”.
Publishing the footage on social media, the Met Police said: “Nobody should have to put up with abuse at work and that includes police officers.
“Arrests were made in all these incidents and we'll be pushing for charges in every case.”
It is unclear which protest the individuals featured in the videos attended over the weekend.
A total of 43 arrests were made across both the Unite the Kingdom rally and pro-Palestine Nakba Day demonstrations for a “variety of offences”, the force said.
While the number “may seem high, to this point both protests have proceeded largely without significant incident”, the force added.
Overall, 20 arrests were linked to the Unite the Kingdom protest, while 12 were connected to the Nakba protest.
The remaining 11 arrests were not linked to either group, or their affiliation has not been confirmed.
About 60,000 people are estimated to have joined the Unite the Kingdom march, and between 15,000 and 20,000 attended the Nakba Day rally.
More than 4,000 officers were deployed to the capital this weekend to manage a “sterile zone” between the two rival protest groups, but there were no serious clashes between protesters.
