When a man died of a heart attack at the G20 protests in London last week, word had it that he had died of natural causes. However, the Guardian has been handed shocking footage of the person in question, Ian Tomlinson, being assaulted from behind by a police officer as he walked along with his hands in his pockets.
Mr Tomlinson is seen to fall to the ground. Minutes later he had a heart attack and died.
Now I don't think there's any question that the police in London had a tough job last week, but there is absolutely no call for this kind of brutality. It only came to light because Mr Tomlinson died. How much more violence like this is meted out by the police?
The Met's reputation is already bad enough given the killing of Jean Charles de Menezes and problems with racism. Now they can add being RUC-lite to their list.
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
Shocking Footage Of G20 Police Assault On Ian Tomlinson
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This is disgraceful - the police in London need the support of the people but the more they are involved in incidents like this the less they may get public support - a police force can do without apparent thugs in its ranks
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