Sky footage of police violence appeal for more footage or still images
Mike | 17.04.2009 15:28 | G20 London Summit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FbEwmOHZeo On this 5 minute piece see particularly
1min 49sec
2min 02sec
2min 08sec
If anyone has more footage or stills of this or are the people attacked perhaps you can leave this as a comment. It could form the basis of an complaint. Also other media may pick up on it. It is very likely that on the higher definition copy belonging to Sky more detail will be visible.
Sorry I don't have Max Clifford's telephone number.
Mike
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I posted this previously on the Nicola Fisher assault comments
17.04.2009 16:01
At 32 seconds, a member of the public is struck to the head, from behind, with a riot shield. The blow is delivered with considerable force. The member of the public assaulted was not posing a threat, indeed at the time he was seemingly singled out for assault he was looking down at his camera. The officer that carries out the attack, then retreats into his colleagues while another officer moves over towards the camera used to film the attack. Several of the officers in the vicinity seem to be wearing the face obscuring masks, as we saw in the case of the attack on Tomlinson.
It appears that the officer that delivered the blow chose his target from a distance, pushing through other protesters to deliver the blow. Could the possession of a camera be why the man was singled out?
The officers in hi-viz jackets, to the right of the scene, have numbers on their helmets, beginning with U, one is briefly visible at 25 seconds, I believe this means that they are once again TSG officers.
On this video, of the same event...
The camera follows the officer for a few more steps, at 1:58 part of one of his colleague's numbers can be seen on his helmet, reading U32, so also TSG, I believe from Chadwell Heath. On the full resolution sky footage the striking officers number may be visible as he retreats.
If you roll the scene on two protesters can be seen being attacked on the floor, possibly with a few kicks delivered.
Bourdin