Zack Polanski apologises for sharing criticism of police response to Golders Green attack – UK politics live

Green party leader shares statement after open letter from Met police chief Mark Rowley Zack Polanski apologises for sharing tweet criticising police at Golders Green stabbings Zack Polanski, leader of the Green party, has apologised for sharing a social media post about the police officers who arrested the suspect in the Golders Green attack. ‘Everyone in leadership has a responsibility for lowering the temperature at a time of such tension, and I apologise for sharing a tweet in haste,” Polanski said in a statement. He continued: “Police responses to emergency situations such as these do need later reflection in the right forums, but I accept that social media is not the appropriate channel for doing so. “I have invited Mark Rowley to meet with me to discuss the police response and the wider issues raised in his letter.” Polanski had reshared a post on X that alleged that the officers who arrested the Golders Green attack suspect “were repeatedly and violently kicking a mentally ill man in the head when he was already incapacitated by Taser.” Rowley, the Metropolitan police commissioner, responded by accusing Polanski of fuelling “rising tensions”. “London’s