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Blackstone co-CIO Lionel Assant slams Met Police for ‘openly Jewish’ comment: ‘Antisemitism is racism’

'If my Christian or Muslim friends were arrested for wearing a cross or hijab during a demonstration against anti-semitism, I would be equally very angry'

Members of the Jewish community attend a small counter-protest to the March for Palestine by tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters on 13 April
Members of the Jewish community attend a small counter-protest to the March for Palestine by tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters on 13 April Photo: Mark Kerrison/In Pictures via Getty Images

Blackstone’s global co-chief investment officer has criticised the Met Police after an officer said an anti-semitism charity leader looked "openly Jewish" near a pro-Palestine march.

“Something is very wrong when the police threatens you with arrest for walking down the street because you exhibit a religious sign such as a kippah near a pro-Palestine demonstration and are accused of being ‘openly Jewish’,” said Lionel Assant in a LinkedIn post.

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