Ian Tomlinson assaulted by riot police at G20 Protest in London - 2009-04-01

Ian Tomlinson assaulted from behind by riot police at G20 Protest in London.

Ian Tomlinson, a 47-year-old who worked in a newsagents, died at in London during the protests. He was on his way home from the shop when he collapsed in St Michael's Alley close to the junction of Birchin Lane and Cornhill at 7.30pm.

Although the Guardian reported the death on its front page, almost all the coverage elsewhere ignored it completely or concentrated on a version of events that suggested that the police's only connection with Tomlinson had been to try to rescue him from a baying mob of anarchists. The police were "pelted with bottles by a screaming mob" (the Mirror) or "pelted with bottles as a medical team tried to revive a demonstrator" (Mail). Tomlinson had died "after being 'caught among the mob'" (Telegraph). The BBC TV night-time news the following day made no mention of the death in its main bulletin.

In actuality, the police hit him with a baton and pushed him from behind even though he was walking away from them with his hands in his pockets.

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[MarzParty42]

Justice has already been done, the family should feel better now with the £250 they got for this video posted on ' Youve Been Framed ' lmfao!

[tech4156]

same old same old, police murder sum1 and get off

[industrialfun]

@Shriner66 True, the EDL are dicks, and we don't make cars any more, and when we did they were shit. okay lets agree to disagree on everything else. c ya later.

[Shriner66]

@industrialfun I do know my history and he does count as black. It's funny that you think that the whole country is just one big Klan rally. That would be like me saying everyone in the UK is the English defense league. The UK bombs anywhere the U.S. bombs and controls our government. Have you ever had a black PM or monarch? I'll get rid of my Ford and drive an...English car? I have a passport and have traveled the world actually. The U.S. is a shit hole in many ways though, true enough.

[industrialfun]

@Shriner66 Obama doesn't count as black, learn your history, and some white supremacist will try and bump him off anyway before long because your country is full of KKK racists that likes bombing schools in the middle east and has never heard of a passport (It's the thing you take to another country when you're not going to invade it) China is the only superpower now, you're just dumb fat Ford driving Hicks who're 14 trillion in debt! You will be the third world by 2020! Lol!

[Shriner66]

@industrialfun So she admits she took a load to the eye. How beautiful, 10 seconds is all is need with that fat hooligan. We have a black president. Blacks in the U.S. have higher living standards than they do in any African country. You have a Nazi royal family. Didn't you see that little twit Prince Harry with his Nazi armband? The Navajo had no guns, unlike the Nazis that almost over ran your little island. Go eat some kidney pie and black pudding. Your mum's still a dirty whore.

[industrialfun]

@Shriner66 Nope, my mum said it was the worst ten seconds of her life cos your breath smelt like your dads cock, We'd already kicked the nazi's asses in the Battle of Britain while you were back home repressing black people in Idaho. Brits make history burger boy, americans make movies after it's all finished. Besides which,if it wasn't for us you'd all be speaking Navajo or some other native american shit you sister touchin' banjo strummer.

[Shriner66]

@industrialfun @Shriner66 I think your mom's lying to you again. What are you talking about rapping kids? I saw you marching in a NAMBLA march holding a sign! That's funny calling me a Nazi, if it weren't for the U.S. you'd be speaking German now, hurts don't it? Also your own Royal family are the true Nazis, they even wear Nazi armbands! Go eat some kidney pie and suck a fart out of the Queen's arse for me.

[industrialfun]

@Shriner66 My mum said you never touched the sides cos you're a fuckin paedo! Right or wrong, the police lock up kiddy fiddlers, you hate them, ergo you're a fucking paedo! Also you're American, fuck off and have a burger and beat some of your black people up before you criticize us you fucking nazi fascist rascist kiddy toucher!

[Shriner66]

@industrialfun Fucking your mum's arse that one time hardly counts as being a "paedo!" I support the right of the people to demonstrate, you seem to support the police state criminals. Start with locking them up you stupid cocksucker.