Met chief defends knife attack officers after Greens criticism

Met chief defends knife attack officers after Greens criticism17 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleOlivia IrelandPA MediaMet Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said he was "disappointed" Polanski had amplified "inaccurate and misinformed commentary".Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has defended how officers subdued the suspect in the Golders Green attack, after Green Party leader Zack Polanski shared a post condemning their actions.Two officers Tasered and repeatedly kicked the suspect in the head while trying to prise a knife from his hand after he had stabbed two Jewish men in the north London neighbourhood.Polanski reposted a post on X, which said: "Essentially his officers were repeatedly and violently kicking a mentally ill man in the head when he was already incapacitated by Taser."Sir Mark wrote a letter to Polanski that he was "disappointed" the politician had amplified "inaccurate and misinformed commentary".The Met chief earlier said that the officers had not been armed and feared the suspect had been carrying an explosive device.Even after being Tasered, he "refused to show his hands, was violent and continued to pose a clear threat", the force said.The Met also released footage from the officers' body-worn cameras, in which they can be heard shouting repeatedly for the suspect to "get down on the ground" before he is Tasered, and then "drop the knife".It came after video shared on social media appeared to show the moment of the arrest, in which the officers can be seen kicking the man in the head several times in the struggle to wrest the knife from him.A Green Party spokesperson told the BBC: "Zack has seen the video like everyone else - and doesn't know the full picture and knows it was a very difficult situation for the authorities - but we do need to understand more about the response."Police release body-worn footage of Go...