Overview
- A 35-year-old woman was stopped in Kings Heath at about 2:30pm and arrested on suspicion of inciting racial hatred, and she remains in custody.
- She was wanted by the Metropolitan Police on suspicion of a Public Order Act offence tied to material from May to October last year in London and Birmingham.
- Officers positioned outside the Moseley venue later arrested a 42-year-old man around 5pm after a member of the public reported being threatened.
- The launch of the Anti-Zionist Movement was advertised on Facebook as taking place at The Old Print Works in Moseley, prompting a public-order policing operation.
- Police said a criminal investigation into the social media post used to promote the event is ongoing, with continued liaison with local Jewish community representatives.