Inquest: Tomlinson unlawfully killed

Simon Harwood, the police officer who attacked Ian Tomlinson at the G20 summit in London in 2009 could be prosecuted for manslaughter. The inquest jury ruled today that the Tomlinson has been unlawfully killed. In 2010, the Crown Prosecution Service" announced that the police officer who was caught on video striking Ian Tomlinson year who later died will not face criminal charges, sparking a series of protests.

Tomlinson died of internal bleeding in the abdomen minutes after being struck with a baton and pushed to the ground.

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no justice, no peace

Article in the Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/may/03/ian-tomlinson-simon-harwood-prosecution