Tomlinson Decision: How Far Can We Trust The Metropolitan Police?
The Ian Tomlinson case once again raises questions about how the Met face up to mistakes.
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Breaking: Ian Tomlinson Unlawfully Killed, Finds Inquest
Officer used ‘excessive and unreasonable’ force.
Protest Policing: There’s An App For That
Are police ready to cope with protests organised on Twitter?
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Read all about it…roundup of the rest of the day’s news, including worrying noises about future Tube strikes and a sticky situation for Boris.
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Food at Borough Market by Brandon Norris The pathologist who inspected Ian Tomlinson after his death at the G20 protest is found guilty of misconduct over previous examinations. The story behind that murdered MI6 worker might be too sensitive for the courts. Prospective Labour leader …
No Charges Over G20 Death
The CPS has just confirmed that no charges will be made against police over the death of newspaper seller Ian Tomlinson, who died during the G20 protests last April. Though initially believed to have died from a heart attack, it was later found that he …
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Today’s legal proceedings have seen a Heathrow robber jailed, a G20 PC cleared and Ali Dizaie dismissed. London courts have been asked to pick other sentences owing to a shortfall in funding for community service supervisors Playground name-calling: tube managers say their staff are old …
Civil Liberties Panel Call For G20 Experiences
Image by PhotoGrafia O’ Valciño from the Londonist Flickr Pool The MPA’s Civil Liberties Panel is holding an open meeting to discuss April’s G20 demonstrations. They’re looking for first hand accounts from people who were there, grouped into three broad topics: – pre-event planning – …
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London’s tower blocks: up to 500 have not been properly risk assessed for fire. A new law on shouty neighbours has flexed its muscles in East London. A bra-clad G20 protestor is to be charged with impersonating a police officer. Dolts. A London hospital is …
Bank Holiday Round Up
It hasn’t been carnival all round this weekend as one man was shot dead and another injured at the Ministry of Sound last night… …whilst six were injured at a shooting incident in Muswell Hill. And a man has died following a stabbing in Hayes. …
Climate Camp Returning To London
Image author’s own Despite the violent and controversial end to the protest on Bishopsgate in April, Camp for Climate Action say they’re coming back to London over the August Bank Holiday. The protest group, which aims to teach campers about sustainable living and train a …
