Met Police chief erupts at Zack Polanski as he accuses Green leader of fueling 'rising tensions'
The Metropolitan Police chief has fired back at Zack Polanski as he accused the Green leader of fueling "rising tensions".
Mr Polanski had reshared a highly critical social media post that read: "So essentially his officers were repeatedly and violently kicking a mentally ill man in the head when he was already incapacitated by a taser."
Bodycam footage, released by the Metropolitan Police yesterday, showed two police officers taking down a Somali-born British national holding a knife after he allegedly stabbed two Jewish men in Golders Green.
The officers fired Tasers and could be heard shouting, "Get down on the ground," and "Take the Taser" as the man collapsed to the ground.
Mark Rowley hit back at the Green Leader, writing in a letter: "I was disappointed to have seen your recent post on X amplifying a post that Met officers were "repeatedly and violently kicking a mentally ill man in the head when he was already incapacitated by a taser."
"I am disappointed because it is this kind of inaccurate and misinformed commentary - with its associated casual disregard for the incredibly challenging and dangerous work police officers do to protect the public - that is contributing to the rising tensions we are seeing in society and undermines officers' confidence to act.
"It is entirely possible the author of the post you retweeted had direct experience from the scene, or has years of experience handling complex, violent situations. Yet I suspect the more likely scenario is that they are another armchair critic who thinks they could do the job, possibly more effectively than the brave officers who successfully detained that individual.
"Those officers are nothing short of extraordinary. They were on the scene within a few minutes and their actions undoubtedly prevented further injury and saved lives. As I said yesterday, the officers confronted a dangerous man, they believed to be a terrorist, who refused to show his hands, who was violent, and who continued to pose a clear threat. They were not armed officers, and they feared he was concealing an explosive device"
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