Martin Samuel: The drip, drip denigration of an ordinary man
And little by little, the ‘truth’ has dripped out about Ian Tomlinson, the man who died after being struck by police during the G20 riots.
He was (wait for it) wearing a Millwall shirt. He was (now steady yourselves) smoking a cigarette.
He appeared to be (and I’m sorry but you may need to lie down after this) drunk. Well, stone me guv, he had it coming to him.
(Anyone wanting to follow developments in the investigation into the death of Ian Tomlinson more closely should get themselves along to Google News and set themselves up a comprehensive News Alert.)
Posted on April 10th, 2009 at 10:09am under Civil liberties, Crime and punishment
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[...] am going to have to disagree with the charming commentator on this (very good) Daily Mail article (via) who said: “Ian Tomlinson, drunk and out for trouble, decided to deliberately walk into a [...]
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/764dd078-25f7-11de-be57-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1 appalling smearage from Caldwell.
I no longer live in London and therefore no longer see the Standard, but am I right in thinking that they ran the police “we were pelted by bricks” story in great and unquestioning detail? If so I am not sure what has been learned from this (despite the claim here).