Tag Archives: G20
Tomlinson’s killer to face trial
PC Simon Harwood who was found guilty of unlawful killing by a jury at the inquest to the death of Ian Tomlinson will face criminal proceedings for his actions. Keir Starmer, Director of Public Prosecutions has finally agreed that the riot officer will face charges over the death of the newspaper vendor at the G20 [...]
Ian Tomlinson killed by police – official
The jury in the inquest into the death of Ian Tomlinson returned a verdict of unlawful killing today after the newspaper vendor was killed by police during the G20 protests in London in 2009. They took just three hours and fifteen minutes to reach their verdict and the court was caught unawares by the jury’s [...]
G20 policing in the dock
Counting the cost of state sanctioned violence The anti-G20 protests in the heart of London’s financial district on 1st April 2009 still resonant with interesting if uncertain implications for anarchists and radicals two years on. What was an expansive, intense and violent policing operation, thousands of protesters were kettled and beaten with impunity as they [...]
Tomlinson’s killer?
PC Harwood takes the stand at inquest into G20 death The officer who struck Ian Tomlinson took the stand on the third day of the inquest into his death just over two years ago by police, to answer questions publicly for the first time about the incident.
Tomlinson’s killer?
PC Harwood takes the stand at inquest into G20 death The officer who struck Ian Tomlinson took the stand on the third day of the inquest into his death just over two years ago by police, to answer questions publicly for the first time about the incident.
Coping with Copenhagen
Possibly the most offensive thing about the discussion over Copenhagen is this raging desire for more discussion – there seemed to be little ecological concern for the trees present in the mountain of literature being flung about at the convergence centres and kitchens during the summit. It is offensive because it’s all so straightforward: people [...]
Copenhagen Crackdown
Protest groups have expressed shock at police tactics in Denmark which saw thousands of people ‘pre-emptively’ arrested for the crime of joining protests to pressure world leaders on climate change on 12th December. The Climate Justice Action group has issued a condemnation of the unprovoked police actions while other groups are planning on launching an [...]
G20: A Tale of Two Cities
The latest in the aftermath of the G20 is in two parts. First, what happened to the demonstrators. A total of 37 people have now been charged with crimes relating to the G20 protests, the City of London Police announced on Friday 7th August.
Impersonating ‘Murderers’
CPS decision to prosecute the Space Hijackers The investigation into the G20 have at last resulted in charges. Not of any of the cops involved in Ian Tomlinson’s death of course, that would be ridiculous. Instead eleven people from the Space Hijackers group have been charged with ‘impersonating police officers’ and ‘wearing items of police [...]
