Overview
- Assistant Commissioner Matt Twist told the London Assembly that PC Moule showed common‑sense policing without fear or favour during the Whitechapel incident.
- Footage shared online shows a street preacher being shoved and his equipment kicked as bystanders confront him on Whitechapel Road near the East London Mosque.
- PC Moule told the crowd that the preacher had the right to speak and advised those objecting to walk away if they did not wish to listen.
- Some bystanders described the area as Muslim and accused the preacher of spreading hatred, claims the preacher disputed in the recorded exchange.
- Free‑speech advocates praised the officer's conduct as coverage noted past contested arrests of street preachers and reported Met settlements, including £20,000 to Hatun Tash.