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G20 policing caused man's death: police coverup and media lies

02.04.2009 09:29 | G20 London Summit | Policing

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On Wednesday 1st April during a demonstration against the G20 in London, thousands of protestors were trapped inside a police cordon (kettled) where they were baton charged and crushed by the police. Ian Tomlinson, who appears to have been a passer-by, died during this demonstration outside the Bank of England. The police started a coverup immediately, claiming police and medics had been prevented from attending to him, although eyewitnesses reported seeing Ian Tomlinson being attacked by police shortly before his death. The corporate media parroted these police lies even though eyewitness accounts contradicted this [statement | video]. Now a video has surfaced clearly showing Ian was viciously assaulted by riot police from behind and violently pushed to the ground. Riot police and members of the Forward Intelligence Team looked on as a protestor attended to him. Minutes after moving away, Mr. Tomlinson collapsed in a nearby alley and died shortly afterwards.

An assembly and a procession has been called for this Saturday 11th April assembling at Bethnal Green Police Station at 11:30 am to demand a public enquiry. A procession will move off at midday to arrive at the Bank of England around 1 pm. Another protest has also been called for Saturday 18th April at 12 noon in Redditch, the Home Secretary's constituency town. A demonstration calling for an end to state murders has been called in Edinburgh

Anyone with information they believe may help clarify the circumstances surrounding his death should, as soon as possible, write a full statement and contact the Climate Camp Legal Team: legal [at] climatecamp [dot] org [dot] uk

N.B. If you have previously left any important legal information on an answering machine or sent to a different email address and nobody got back to you, please try again using the email address above

Eyewitness accounts: Witnesses Statement: Death at G20 | Video: Interview with two Eyewitnesses of G20 Death

Reports: IMC - about the death | Death At The Hands Of Capital | G20 protests video shows perfect example of police tactics

Solidarity and Remembrance: New Zealand Solidarity Demo Against Police Brutality | Helsinki is supporting NO G20 | Vigil today ongoing at Bank of England | G20 Protest London - Memorial for the Dead | Photos - 2nd April memorial demo London



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  1. solidarity meeting: 6PM TONIGHT LARC — elli mac
  2. THE MEDIA ARE THE GUILTY PARTYS, TARGET THE TRUE LINE OF FIRE... WAPPING !! — PHOBOS
  3. POLICE MURDERED PROTESTER IN AMBULANCE — ANN ARCHY
  4. wake up! — jason
  5. Not a protestor? — Times
  6. police medics arnt paramedic, they attack people — 7
  7. Possible cause?? — Stroppyoldgit
  8. When someone dies, no time to talk — George
  9. What we need to know — Stroppyoldgit
  10. @ George — BA
  11. @ George — Real Action
  12. @ George — Chris
  13. police should be made accountable for imprisoning this person and for his death. — chrisgo1
  14. horses and dogs — animal loving anarcho
  15. move on — acab
  16. er... — WTF!
  17. to acab — anon
  18. Lenny — G20 policing linked to man's death?
  19. Facts and 'Facts' — FACKED OFF
  20. FIT claimed he was street drinker — ACAB
  21. @ FACKED OFF — CJ
  22. If you can't make the protest send the MET a kettle — bill stickers
  23. to CJ — Still FACKED OFF
  24. key issues — lolwob
  25. Solidarity to our British brothers! — ssid
  26. Taking the measure of (wo)men — Old Fart
  27. Spread the word — pfm
  28. They say that he was heading home and yet he appears... — Jo
  29. This paper deserves a response! — Salut
  30. Brave Comrades — george coombs
  31. what we want — anarchist
  32. Dislike the trolls but ... — Dan Dare
  33. @Realist — JimDog*
  34. Innocent man — dave
  35. Your comments .... — @realist
  36. The Widow and the Sun and important pictures — anon
  37. More information... — Jo
  38. Coralling 1999 — Kwela Sabine Hermanns
  39. Inconsistent police statement — satsuma
  40. broken link in "More information..." by Jo — anon
  41. link to lots of interesting comments and eyewitness accounts of the incident — anon
  42. Millwall shirts — ratchets-and-hammers
  43. millwall shirt — satsuma
  44. Police 'assaulted' bystander who died - Guardian — Danny
  45. Observer reportage - 'police assaulted bystander who died' — stop photoshop journalism
  46. not sure if this is up anywhere but... — avo1
  47. More police medics handing out beatings — Whack
  48. Guardian release video of police assault — jay
  49. Footage of Ian Tomlinson being attacked by police — Loxton
  50. Several things — upthera
  51. policemen — max
  52. Taking Action Against the Police — Glenn
  53. The Met online complaint — Dillon
  54. BBC R4 coverage 8 Apr - worse than usual — Jon
  55. Non Co-Operation is Essential — BobBob
  56. Non-cooperation? — upthera
  57. Worried about my daughter caught up in Police Violence — Arthur Shaw
  58. To Mr Shaw — upthera
  59. Heart attack? — anon
  60. "Media lies" — Norvello
  61. 'punishment', by detention — was there
  62. good journalist & good banker — Danny
  63. To Arthur Shaw — A N Other
  64. Fair point — Norvello
  65. New footage - C4/ITN tonight 7pm — Tim
  66. National demo against police violence & aggression towards peaceful protesters — Stuart
  67. New footage from ITN plus Edinburgh demo — Fabbri
  68. Masked — James
  69. Second piece of footage — satsuma
  70. RE: Masked — mike
  71. Talking to a senior officer — upthera
  72. No Justice No Peace — George Coombs
  73. BBC Coverage. — No-one Special
  74. Correction to the above. — No-one Special
  75. media bias in terrorism raid stories — Fabbri
  76. Craig Murray's analysis - worth a read — Jon
  77. earlier video shows same officer assaulting woman at same spot — ACAB
  78. correction — Dave
  79. Re: correction — Mike
  80. Police for Protecting us.. — Chalee
  81. assault officer was Met TSG — Fabbri
  82. correction? — ACAB
  83. response to upthera: animal abuse is always wrong — anon
  84. reasons — slight
  85. @anon — upthera
  86. Animals as tools of the state — anon
  87. Sonic horse repeller — Danny
  88. Re: Sonic warfare — Anon
  89. Sound system. Tone generator. Force field. — Danny
  90. Re: Horses — Anon
  91. Tone generator — Not Eddy's Son
  92. Anti-trampling alarm — Danny
  93. Panthera Leo Merda — Danny
  94. LRAD — Not Eddy's Son
  95. SRAD — Danny
  96. What is NOT happening — corelu minous
  97. horses - tactics — jay
  98. arreter (french), to stop — pinkynperky
  99. Citizen powers of section 60 — pinkynperky
  100. Only fools and horses — Not Mr Ed's Son
  101. Jay — Danny
  102. Sonic Binoculars horse nobbling — Danny
  103. Why? — Not Mr Ed's Son
  104. some pics on Flickr1 — M
  105. Horselover Fats — Danny
  106. cartoon violence, pesky kids — anon cow
  107. MURDER! — Bourdin
  108. BBC confirm not heart attack...? — essexfluff
  109. thought — anon
  110. CPR the bleeding cause? — upthera
  111. G20 DOG BITE - NASTY — c0stas
  112. Bite me — Danny
  113. mmmm — thought