More than 100 protest against Palestine Action ban outside US embassy in London

Police start arresting demonstrators with Met commander alleging they are ‘essentially meeting to purposefully commit a crime’

Police have started making arrests at the first mass demonstration under Andy Burnham’s premiership opposing the proscription of Palestine Action.

More than 100 people gathered outside the US embassy in Battersea, south London, holding signs that read: “I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action.”