Birdwatch Note Rating
2024-04-29 04:45:48 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: EF9AE3766F532C0607BBDE0BCC29741E1E88DF4329C1F91B15D2C5D18D078482
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Original Note:
Lord Mann instructed the police to cover the monument. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/28/holocaust-memorial-hyde-park-covered-met-police-royal-parks/ https://twitter.com/nicolelampert/status/1784527593556811791?t=pb2w-Fxtzp0G8iBLTj8Sbg&s=19 Met police are responsible for monitoring and protecting the monument. https://uclpress.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.14324/111.444.jhs.2023v54.02#:~:text=Ultimately%20the%20Government%2C%20led%20by%20Heseltine%20in%20the%20Department%20for%20the%20Environment%2C%20decided%20that%20Hyde%20Park%20would%20be%20the%20solution%20to%20all%20the%20various%20concerns%3A%20it%20was%20the%20only%20Royal%20Park%20patrolled%20by%20the%20London%20Metropolitan%20Police%2C%20which%20it%20was%20hoped%20would%20ward%20off%20vandalism The monument was covered because they believe those with antisemitic sentiment from the protest would cause damage/offences.
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