I'm not even sure it was clumsy.
The bloke was wearing his kippah, so it made sense. Maybe swapping the word openly for clearly may have made it more palatable, but if we're insisting our officers on the ground are to analyse their language to such an extent, we're fucked.
A tumble down effect of soft arsed politicians and senior police officers allowing this all to develop.
If they'd clamped down on those marchers behaving badly, much earlier, then this wouldn't have happened.
Anyway, bollocks to it all, it's depressing. Thankfully, we're nearing the end of our fish pond renovation, and seeing the little things cruising about and exploring is a boon for the soul.
No wonder the Japanese use them so much.