Mummylonglegs
My most viewed post (at my place) so far has been *sigh* and I was very pleased with it.
In the last few days there has been much talk in the blogosphere and MSM about the death of Ian Tomlinson and the behaviour of both the protestors and police in this incident. I engaged in some great debate with Old Holborn regarding this matter (and enjoyed it very much).
In my post and in comments I have defended the Police and their actions. And I stand by my comments. How ever, the Police Officer in the following footage should be named, shamed and sacked with immediate effect. He should be dragged through the courts, publicly humilliated and then have his/her arse sued to damnation and back by Mr Tomlinsons’ Family.
I would never normally link to The Guardian but they appear (at the moment) to be the only one’s with this bit of footage.
Video reveals G20 police assault on man who died.
This is not Policing, it is thuggery.
If what The Guardian are saying is true, well to be honest, I feel quite sick.
The Guardian’s dossier also includes a sequence of photographs, taken by three different people, showing the aftermath of the attack, as well as witness statements from people in the area at the time.
A number of witnesses provided time and date-stamped photographs that substantiate their accounts.
Some said they saw police officers attack Tomlinson.
Witnesses said that, prior to the moment captured on video, he had already been hit with batons and thrown to the floor by police who blocked his route home.
One witness, Anna Branthwaite, a photographer, described how, in the minutes before the video was shot, she saw Tomlinson walking towards Cornhill Street.
“A riot police officer had already grabbed him and was pushing him,” she said.
“It wasn’t just pushing him – he’d rushed him. He went to the floor and he did actually roll. That was quite noticeable.
“It was the force of the impact. He bounced on the floor. It was a very forceful knocking down from behind. The officer hit him twice with a baton when he was lying on the floor.
“So it wasn’t just that the officer had pushed him – it became an assault.
“And then the officer picked him up from the back, continued to walk or charge with him, and threw him.
“He was running and stumbling. He didn’t turn and confront the officer or anything like that.”
The witness accounts contradict the official version of events given by police
