Quietly, to avoid comparisons with their recent escapades, London police from the Saville Row Police station have admitted their liability for the criminal acts of Assault and Battery at a public demonstration in 2006. The demonstration was in protest at the murder of Brad Will in Oaxaca, Mexico. The police responded to a Samba band and the Projection of a film onto the Mexican Embassy with obstruction and, eventually, Assault and Battery of several protestors.

 https://www1.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/london/2006/10/354780.html
 https://www1.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/10/354792.html
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/11/354958.html?c=on

It might well just be a repost from the BBC, but the truth is the events of 2006 show a continued, calculated use of a range of tactics against protest. The London Police have form for bad behaviour.

 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8025895.stm

It also shows, nobody can rely on the mainstream media for long term coverage. The BBC fails to explain the context of the payout and so, once again, reinforces the press image of protestors as opportunists.