LONDON - London police said dozens of people were arrested at a protest outside the U.S. Embassy in London in support of Palestine Action, a group the reports describe as proscribed. ABC News reported the police statement, but its summary does not describe the legal step that brought about the group's proscribed status.
More than 100 people took part in the demonstration, CBS News reported, and many of them held signs reading "I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action." The two accounts measure different things. CBS News gave a figure for participants, while ABC News reported that dozens had been arrested. Neither summary states how many of the participants were among those arrested.
The headlines of both reports use the phrase pro-Palestinian. The CBS News headline describes the arrested people as pro-Palestinian protesters, and the ABC News headline describes the group as a proscribed pro-Palestinian group. Neither summary says when Palestine Action was proscribed, under what authority, or what that status means for people who express support for it.
The source summaries do not include statements from the protesters, the U.S. Embassy, or any official beyond the London police attribution in the ABC News report. They also do not say how many of those arrested have been charged, what offense is alleged, or where those arrested are being held. Those details were not available in the reports reviewed for this story.
The reports agree that the protest took place outside the U.S. Embassy in London, that it was held in support of Palestine Action, and that arrests were made.
Sources: CBS News: Pro-Palestinian protesters arrested outside U.S. Embassy in London; ABC News: Dozens arrested outside US Embassy in London for supporting proscribed pro-Palestinian group.