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'Comedy of errors' response to antisemitic bus abuse

September 23, 2014 10:36

ByRosa Doherty, Rosa Doherty

1 min read

Last week, I witnessed a man spouting antisemitic abuse on a packed bus from Golders Green - and no-one lifted a finger to stop him.

When I reported the incident - while it was happening - to the bus driver, the Metropolitan Police and Transport for London, not one seemed remotely interested in dealing with the crime.

The response over the past week, since the incident was reported in the JC, has been instructive. The Met has fallen over itself to apologise and says it will learn from its mistakes.

As for TfL, however: Steve Burton, TfL's director of enforcement and on-street operations said that they would "work with the police to investigate these claims". He then said it would take "up to 10 days" for my complaint to be dealt with.