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An MP who was called a 'child killer' in front of her daughter by an anti-abortion activist has claimed that she was told by police she should accept being harassed by the public.
Stella Creasy, who is the Labour MP for Walthamstow in east London, said that Met Police officers told her that 'I have a problem with people disagreeing with me', the Timesreports.
The anti-abortion activist had previously said that Creasy was 'evil' for supporting abortion, telling her that 'one day God will judge you' before he accused her of 'moral crimes' and 'support of infanticide' as he heckled her in the street with her daughter.
Despite Creasy asking him to stop as he was upsetting her child, the man accused her of being 'OK with killing children' and vowing to carry on 'until you're defeated'.
This comes as the Government's adviser on political violence, Lord Walney, has written to Home Secretary Yvette Cooper to request an investigation into a 'concerted campaign' of candidate intimidation before the General Election.
Creasy has now told the Times that police officers told her that the man had a right to engage with her as she was a public figure.
She also claims she was told that her daughter getting upset was due to Creasy's behaviour in asking the man to leave them alone, rather than his comments to her.
Creasy also had the window and door of her office smashed days before the General Election and police believe it was linked to Gaza after Creasy voted for a ceasefire in the Middle East.
She said at the time that 'malicious and false' leaflets had also been handed out about her.
The national policing operation created to keep election candidates safe, called Operation Bridger, was 'non-existent', according to Creasy, who said she feared her colleagues' and their families' safety are at risk.
Creasy is now calling for parliamentary debate to see whether a cross-party agreement can be made to tackle safety issues for MPs.
The lead for Operation Bridger, Commander Simon Messinger, said that the Met took the incident involving Creasy and the anti-abortion campaigner seriously, but that it did not meet the criminal threshold.
Messinger said that there was a 'concerning increase in abuse and intimidation towards MPs and those around them', according to the Times.
Meanwhile, Lord Walney suggests in the letter to Cooper, seen by the BBC, that a string of incidents before the July 4 vote may have been part of a 'concerted campaign by extremists'.
He wrote that evidence in the last few months suggests an intentional campaign 'by extremists to create a hostile atmosphere for MPs' within their constituencies to pressure them to 'cave in to political demands'.
He said conduct seen in some communities during the election campaign has 'underlined the gravity of the threat to our democracy' that is the intimidation and abuse against politicians and candidates, from a local to national level.
Lord Walney wrote: 'I am increasingly concerned about the scale of intimidation against candidates in the General Election.
'I believe there is now a need for a focused piece of work on the scale and drivers of this intimidation so that it cannot continue to mar our democratic processes and put candidates at risk.'
Earlier this month, Sammy Wilson, the Democratic Unionist Party candidate for East Antrim, said he found the windows and doors of his office damaged, with police saying it may have been caused by ball bearings.
Mr Wilson expressed concerns that a weapon may have been involved.
And Reform UK accused the police of failing to protect candidates from 'attacks and threats' while on the campaign trail, with the party claiming one was 'robbed, punched and kicked' in what it branded a 'hate crime.
Reform also claimed another candidate was told to 'go home' by police while leafleting.
A spokesman for the Devon and Cornwall force said at the time that 'police are still investigating the incident and inquiries remain ongoing'.
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