Met detective sergeant sacked over antisemitic' post about Gaza
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Met detective sergeant sacked over antisemitic' post about Gaza
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"A Metropolitan Police detective sergeant has been sacked after posting overtly political content on social media regarding the conflict in Gaza, including one comment that was deemed antisemitic. Rebecca Collens served within the Road and Transport Policing Command. She reshared an image labelled Palestine 2024 alongside an image of victims from what seemed to be a concentration camp, labelled Germany 1945. The post carried the caption: The world said never again and here we are again 79 years later."
The Independent covers issues from reproductive rights to climate change and Big Tech and sends reporters to developing stories. The outlet investigates topics such as the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC and produces documentaries like 'The A Word' about American women fighting for reproductive rights. The Independent emphasizes parsing facts from messaging and does not lock reporting behind paywalls, believing quality journalism should be funded by those who can afford it. A Metropolitan Police detective sergeant, Rebecca Collens, was sacked after resharing a Palestine 2024 image alongside a Germany 1945 image and commenting in a way judged antisemitic under the IHRA definition, with the posts deemed overtly political and lacking impartiality.
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