British police harass man for Palestinian flag at private residence

A British man filmed a police officer at his doorstep on Saturday morning over a neigbourhood complaint about the Palestinian flag he had hung from his house. 

The police officer did not ask the man to take the flag down, but said that there had been a complaint made regarding the flag, noting that "it's just how [the flag] could be construed" in the neighbourhood.

"It's just how it could be seen, people could be upset by it," the officer said. 

The man, who referenced a pro-Palestine protest in Manchester last week, told the police officer that he was upset over the situation.

"Tough. I'm upset by it... I get it, but you as a police officer are not supposed to be on any political spectrum at all. And all I'm saying is I have the right to express my views via a flag," he said.

"You've literally got me out of bed at 9am on a Saturday morning for that," he continued.

The officer reiterated that people in the neighbourhood could be upset by over the flag, seemingly in an attempt to get him to take the flag down.

"I'm upset as well with what's going on," the homeowner said. "I've cried countless tears with what's going on."

Ending the exhcange, the officer said he wanted to be clear that he was not asking the man to take the flag down, but asked how long he thought it might be up. When the man said that it would now be up permanently, the officer said he could not guarantee that the man would not get further police calls to his home over it.