No charges over man killed by Police at G20 riots

[Hecktix]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-10723274

A police officer who was filmed pushing a man to the ground during the G20 protests will not face charges over his death.
Ian Tomlinson, 47, died after being caught up in the clashes on 1 April 2009 in the City of London.
Director of Public Prosecutions Keir Starmer said there was no prospect of conviction because experts could not agree on how Mr Tomlinson died.
Mr Tomlinson's son Paul King described the decision as "outrageous".
The officer who was filmed pushing Mr Tomlinson has been named as Pc Simon Harwood from the Metropolitan Police territorial support group.
Mr Starmer said there was a "sharp disagreement between the medical experts" about the cause of death, which led to three post-mortem examinations being conducted on Mr Tomlinson.
The first examination by Dr Freddy Patel - currently under investigation for alleged misconduct over four unrelated post-mortem examinations - found he died of natural causes linked to coronary artery disease.
The second pathologist, Dr Nat Cary, found he died of internal bleeding as a result of blunt force trauma, in combination with cirrhosis of the liver.

Ian Tomlinson's family and solicitor give their reaction to the decision

The third examination agreed with the findings of the second test. It was conducted on behalf of the officer.

What do you think? I think it's pretty shocking really, the officer was caught on video attacking the man and he gets away with it, one rule for one and another for the other eh?

[-:Undertaker:-]

I have no or little respect for the police anymore, it seems to me they are greatly unfair as you've pointed out with this very thread and we could add to that with their unfair and almost bullying-like targeting of motorists. It seems that if you are involved with the police then you are given a blank jail-free card and it is the same with many politicians nowadays (referrring to the expenses).

[GommeInc]

I saw this too! It makes very little sense :S He clearly pushed the man over, he may not have been the cause of death but it wasn't necessary at all. The man wasn't violent and from what I understood he wasn't in the way. He was just a man, walking by, who got in the way of a few police officers - he wasn't even stuck in the cross-fire.

[Apolva]

He should at least be charged with assault or something. :/

[Hecktix]

I quite agree, this is terribly shocking. Didn't they also say that nothing could be done regarding assault because it was 6 months later or something? Utter crap if you ask me.