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July 22, 2010

London Officer Involved in Death of Man at G20 Escapes Charges
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The British police officer who was filmed pushing a forty-seven-year-old
news vendor to the ground last year in London’s G20 protests will face
no charges over the man’s death. Ian Tomlinson was attacked by the
police on his way home from work; he had not been taking part in the
protests. He died minutes after his contact with London’s Metropolitan
Police force. Police initially told Tomlinson’s wife and nine children
that Tomlinson died of a heart attack, without mentioning the police
beating. The news comes on the fifth anniversary of the London police
shooting of Charles de Menezes, an innocent Brazilian man mistaken for a
terrorist. De Menezes was shot seven times in the head on a full subway
car in the middle of the day. No police officers were charged in his
killing.



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