The Metropolitan Police has condemned the "intolerable" abuse it claims its officers suffered while arresting more than 400 people protesting against the banning of Palestine Action as a terror group.The force also criticised demonstrators' attempts to "overwhelm the justice system" as hundreds of people defied the ban and faced arrest by declaring their support for the group.Most of the arrests were for supporting a proscribed organisation, but around 25 people were for arrested for assaults on

The Metropolitan Police has condemned the "intolerable" abuse it claims its officers suffered while arresting more than 400 people protesting against the banning of Palestine Action as a terror group.The force also criticised demonstrators' attempts to "overwhelm the justice system" as hundreds of people defied the ban and faced arrest by declaring their support for the group.Most of the arrests were for supporting a proscribed organisation, but around 25 people were for arrested for assaults on police officers and other public order offences.