Officer under investigation over Ian Tomlinson’s death ‘should not have been working for Met’

08Jul09

originally published: 5th July 2009 The policeman being questioned over the death of passer-by Ian Tomlinson at the G20 protests in April had been wrongly re-employed by the Metropolitan Police after leaving while facing a serious disciplinary charge. Ian Tomlinson, 47, a newspaper seller who was not part of the protests, died shortly after he […]

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Tags: Government & State, police intelligence

No jail time for batterer in blue

08Jul09

originally published: 2nd July 2009 Anthony Abbate, a Chicago police officer who senselessly assaulted Karolina Obrycka, a 5-foot-3, 115-pound bartender, won’t serve a single day in jail. This incident is the latest chapter in the history of violence by the Chicago Police Department (CPD) against working-class Chicagoans. The February 2007 beating took place at a […]

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Tags: injustice, unrest protest police brutality

CCTV shows officers carrying Faisal Al-Ani into police station before death

03Jul09

originally published: 1st July 2009 Newly obtained CCTV footage has revealed how police officers carried a bruised and apparently limp man into custody moments before he died, contradicting an initial statement by the investigating police watchdog that he had “walked into the police station” and then collapsed. The footage, shown to Faisal Al-Ani’s inquest and […]

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Tags: injustice