Mick Hartley

No surprises here. From the Telegraph:

West Midlands Police is “institutionally anti-Semitic” and has repeatedly dismissed alleged hate crimes against Jews in Birmingham, a whistleblower has claimed.

A dossier obtained by The Telegraph, including internal emails and police crime logs, appears to show West Midlands Police disregard complaints about alleged anti-Semitism and extremism raised by members of the Jewish community, including by a former police volunteer who claims she was dismissed by the force after raising concerns.

In one case the force is accused of failing to act after a 12-year-old Jewish girl was punched in the face and kicked in the stomach by a classmate shouting “free Palestine”, leaving her in need of medical attention.

Its Prevent unit, designed to intervene early in cases of possible radicalisation especially in younger people, is also facing criticism after appearing to ignore multiple reports of extremism and anti-Jewish hatred.

Emails seen by The Telegraph show the unit saying there was “no role” for police to respond to a WhatsApp group chat in which a student said he wished Hitler had done more to kill “the little rats [Jews]”.

The unit also appeared to dismiss a report of extremist material on display at a pro-Palestine march which proclaimed that “the military action of the Palestinian resistance on October 7 was justified”, an apparent endorsement of Hamas terrorism.

To be fair every major city in the UK has seen similar, especially here in London, with the Hamas supporters of the Islamist-left alliance marching en masse weekend after weekend with their “Globalise the intifada” and “From the river to the sea”, while the police stand by. But yes, Birmingham does seem to be leading the way.