Met police chief denies ‘intervening in politics’ after open letter to Zack Polanski – UK politics live

The Green party leader reshared a post on social media that appeared to show officers kicking the suspect in the Golders Green attack in the head

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The Metropolitan police commissioner Mark Rowley said he was “concerned” about the scale of upcoming protests in London.

“There’s some big marches planned for two weeks, tomorrow and the 16th,” he told LBC.