Nooblet the LEET
April 10th, 2009, 07:03 PM
During protests at the G20 summit a man in his 30s died of heart attack.
Here's what initial reports stated.
Source (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/G20/article6020028.ece)
Police officers came under attack while they tried to help a dying man at the G20 protests in the City last night.
The victim was found by a member of the public unconscious in the street near the Bank of England just before 7.30pm yesterday.
A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said officers arrived on the scene to help and had to move the casualty away for urgent treatment after bottles were thrown at them by protesters.
See becasue of the protesters a man died while police tried to help him.
Five days later this came out.
Source (http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/apr/07/video-g20-police-assault)
Dramatic footage obtained by the Guardian shows that the man who died at last week's G20 protests in London was attacked from behind and thrown to the ground by a baton–wielding police officer in riot gear.
Moments after the assault on Ian Tomlinson was captured on video, he suffered a heart attack and died.
The video and a further description of the events are found in the article.
If it wasn't for the video that surfaced it's unlikely we'd ever have known what had really happened. I'm glad we live in an age of video camera's and camera phones.
The latest information I can find on the incident states that the officer who struck Mr.Tomlinson has been suspended but not yet interviewed by the police commission investigating.
Here's what initial reports stated.
Source (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/G20/article6020028.ece)
Police officers came under attack while they tried to help a dying man at the G20 protests in the City last night.
The victim was found by a member of the public unconscious in the street near the Bank of England just before 7.30pm yesterday.
A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said officers arrived on the scene to help and had to move the casualty away for urgent treatment after bottles were thrown at them by protesters.
See becasue of the protesters a man died while police tried to help him.
Five days later this came out.
Source (http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/apr/07/video-g20-police-assault)
Dramatic footage obtained by the Guardian shows that the man who died at last week's G20 protests in London was attacked from behind and thrown to the ground by a baton–wielding police officer in riot gear.
Moments after the assault on Ian Tomlinson was captured on video, he suffered a heart attack and died.
The video and a further description of the events are found in the article.
If it wasn't for the video that surfaced it's unlikely we'd ever have known what had really happened. I'm glad we live in an age of video camera's and camera phones.
The latest information I can find on the incident states that the officer who struck Mr.Tomlinson has been suspended but not yet interviewed by the police commission investigating.