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Met Police Constable Faces Backlash for Intimidating Journalists

3/27/2026

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Story summary

Special Constable David Soffer of the Metropolitan Police was filmed intimidating Al Jazeera journalists in Golders Green, London, insulting a Palestinian journalist.
He called him a "dog" and "donkey" in Arabic and told him to go back to Qatar.
The incident occurred while Al Jazeera reported on an arson attack on ambulances owned by a Jewish charity, and police are investigating it as an antisemitic hate crime.

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Story summary

Special Constable David Soffer of the Metropolitan Police was filmed intimidating Al Jazeera journalists in Golders Green, London, insulting a Palestinian journalist.
He called him a "dog" and "donkey" in Arabic and told him to go back to Qatar.
The incident occurred while Al Jazeera reported on an arson attack on ambulances owned by a Jewish charity, and police are investigating it as an antisemitic hate crime.