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Police officer who beat Ian Tomlinson in court

anon@indymedia.org (g20 protester) | 18.06.2012 22:55 | London

The family of Ian Tomlinson arrived in court today to hear the case against the police officer, PC Simon Harwood, who was seen to attack him face charges for no reason. THis all happened during the demonstartion against the G20 who were meeting in London in April 2009. The court heard the excuses the police made for why they were hitting people over the head so often which would have been laughable if it weren't so tragic.

The court was shown CCTV of the day that flatly countered the statements of the policeman, who claimed the protesters were surrounding him and he had to defend himself. Anyone who has seen the footage can see this is bogus, he was lashing out at anyone that looked like a protester.

The trail is set to continue for weeks, more to come...


anon@indymedia.org (g20 protester)
- Original article on IMC London: http://london.indymedia.org/articles/12440

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This post should be removed and indy monitored throughout the trial

18.06.2012 23:58

probably an attempt by the police or far right to derail justice.

sayin


idiots

19.06.2012 01:17

Well done for walking into the trap. They knew you idiots wouldn't let them down and that one of you would prejudice the trial eventually. They just didn't expect you to be so thick on day one. Moron.

anon


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