Archive for ian tomlinson
IPCC changes its story (again) over CCTV coverage of Ian Tomlinson
First the IPCC said CCTV footage relating to Ian Tomlinson being hit by police was given to them by Channel 4.
Then the IPCC said actually there were no CCTV cameras covering the incident.
Then the IPCC said actually, yes there were cameras but none of them were working.
And today the IPCC brings us its fourth version: [...]
Ian Tomlinson’s death and the CCTV puzzler
In a good bit of sleuthing, the Ill and Ancient blog (via Wardman Wire) has put together a photo montage revealing that there are three CCTV cameras in place covering the location where Ian Tomlinson got hit and pushed to the ground by a policeman during the G20 protests. You can see it for yourself [...]
Why those most critical of Ian Tomlinson should be his greatest fans
As Janet Street Porter pus it in the Independent on Sunday today:
One columnist has said that the “steady drip” of information about [Ian Tomlinson's] background is designed to denigrate an ordinary man.
The drip drip has been of information such as Ian Tomlinson having a drink problem and living in a hostel. It’s intended to appeal [...]
Damian McBride, Derek Draper and the smears against Tories
The Telegraph has reported:
Row as Number 10 emails ’smear Tories’
The emails, which made a number of unfounded, innuendo-laden suggestions about the private lives of David Cameron, George Osborne and other Conservative MPs, came into the possession of Paul Staines, who writes the Guido Fawkes political blog…
The prospect of publication [of the emails] alarmed ministers, who [...]
Police change their tune on G20 CCTV coverage
Regarding the death of Ian Tomlinson during the G20 protests, reading this:
Nick Hardwick, chairman of the Independent Police Complaints Commission, gives the first interview about the death of Ian Tomlinson to Krishnan Guru-Murthy.
Hardwick said of the assault:
“We don’t have CCTV footage of the incident… there is no CCTV footage, there were no cameras in the [...]
