Worse, police had evidence that armed “vigilante groups” from the local community in Birmingham were out to get the Jewish fans

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If anyone needs an object lesson on how the curse of antisemitism can cause an organization to utterly rot from within, then look no further than West Midlands Police, a force based in the English city of Birmingham.

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Chief Constable Craig Guildford is coming under heavy pressure to resign after it was revealed that police apparently fabricated evidence in a bid to get Jewish fans banned from a soccer game in the city.

Maccabi Tel Aviv fans were banned from attending a game against Aston Villa last November because of “evidence” from West Midlands Police that the Jewish supporters could cause trouble.

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But this week, at a parliamentary committee, it was revealed that the opposite was true. Police had evidence........

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