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IPCC announce gross misconduct charge

Justice for Ian | 30.11.2010 17:22

We have real worries that these misconduct proceedings will lead to yet another whitewash.
Following on from protests earlier this year in Bristol, first outside the CPS office at Froomgate then outside Trinity Road police station in support of Mr Ian Tomlinson's family and their search for justice as well as raising awareness to the wider public. It decided to follow events; how the state delt with one of it's serving police officers who killed an innocent man on his way home from work and to ensure that Mr. Tomlinson's memory was not forgotton.

Harwood, the murdering pig, use of force was not necessary, poportionate or reasonable in the circumstances.
Here is the latest announcement.

Monday, 29 November 2010
IPCC announce gross misconduct charge.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission has announced that PC Simon Harwood, the officer caught on video assaulting Ian Tomlinson shortly before his death, faces internal disciplinary proceedings for gross misconduct and could face dismissal without notice.

Julia Tomlinson, widow of Ian Tomlinson, spoke on behalf of her family today to say:

“We cautiously welcome the fact that Deborah Glass from the IPCC has said that “there has been an overwhelming public feeling that the officer seen to strike Ian Tomlinson should be held accountable for his actions”.

However, the possibility Harwood might lose his job is not the genuine accountability that our family have waited so long for. Whilst we believe that any disciplinary hearings must be held in public, we have already been badly let down by the Crown Prosecution Service and have real worries that these misconduct proceedings will lead to yet another whitewash. We are also gravely concerned that holding hearings before the inquest takes place may prejudice its outcome and further undermine the possibility of the kind of justice that overwhelming public feeling demands.”
http://www.iantomlinsonfamilycampaign.org.uk/

Justice for Ian
- Original article on IMC Bristol: http://bristol.indymedia.org/article/702305