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Old April 26th, 2009 #1
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A Scotland Yard officer boasted about "the unwashed getting a good kicking" at the G20 protests in a police blog entry posted a day after the death of Ian Tomlinson.

The Met said last night it was attempting to identify the author of the comments, which were left on the Policeman's Blog site following the death of Mr Tomlinson, a newspaper vendor, on 1 April.

The latest inflammatory remarks from serving policemen over the treatment of G20 protesters surfaced after it emerged that PC Rob Ward, 27, had allegedly bragged on Facebook how he was going to "bash some long-haired hippies" at the G20 demonstrations. On Friday, Met commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson responded to rising anti-police sentiment following Mr Tomlinson's death by announcing a new regime of "intrusive supervision" to root out rogue officers.

Meanwhile, the prospect of more Met officers facing criminal investigation for assaulting G20 protesters appears to be increasing, after lawyers revealed they had accumulated evidence indicating that more than 25 people may have sustained head injuries in the protests.

London law firm has collated material indicating that 14 protesters sustained wounds to the head caused directly by police violence. Another 15 cases are being examined in which people were punched or struck in the face by police riot shields or batons and suffered injury or trauma wounds.

At least 10 of the cases relate to injuries sustained by women, with one account involving two women who were "pinned together" and then hit repeatedly on their arms and heads with riot shields. A number also relate to instances where demonstrators claim that they were attacked after they fell to the ground.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission is investigating the alleged assault of Mr Tomlinson by an officer, who has been suspended and questioned on suspicion of manslaughter. A spokesman for the IPCC said yesterday that it would be ready to accept more cases for investigation where there is evidence of criminal assault.

Bindmans is also preparing to launch a legal challenge against the use of "kettling", the police tactic used to pen in 5,000 people during the G20 protests and a strategy which led to protesters suffering asthma and panic attacks. John Halford, a partner in Bindmans, said that the firm had held talks with Climate Camp legal advisers on Friday to prepare to launch a judicial review against the containment of protesters.

Halford said that "kettling" is legally justifiable only when there is no alternative to address actual or imminent violence. He said: "There is much to suggest that 'kettling' was the first thing resorted to as a response to a peaceful demonstration that was considered a nuisance by the police. Worse, many protesters have reported unprovoked baton charges and other forms of intimidation while they were penned in. We plan to ensure all of this is examined by the courts."

Tony Murphy of Bhatt Murphy solicitors also revealed that it was examining the possibility of launching a judicial review against police tactics during G20. He said: "We act for clients who were kettled, mass-arrested, blanket handcuffed and savagely attacked with riot gear, causing fractured limbs and lives. Our firm has been instructed to challenge this assault on protesters' fundamental freedoms in the courts."

Meanwhile, the partner of Blair Peach, the teacher who died after being hit by members of the Yard's Special Patrol Group at a public demonstration 30 years ago last week, claims the disbanded unit continues to operate, albeit rebranded as the Territorial Support Group (TSG), which is at the centre of two IPCC investigations into Mr Tomlinson's death.

Celia Stubbs's comments - made after the death of Mr Tomlinson - come amid a growing clamour for an official report into Mr Peach's death, which has come to be seen as a defining moment in the history of the policing of public demonstrations, now to be made public under the 30-year rule.

Campaigners say it is a "disgrace" that the report has been suppressed for three decades. Mr Tomlinson's death has led to renewed interest in the publication of the report on Blair Peach, who was knocked unconscious during an anti-racism demonstration in Southall, London, and died the next day in hospital. Eleven witnesses said they had seen members of the SPG hit Mr Peach.

"We campaigned for the Special Patrol Group to be disbanded after Southall, but it now exists under a different name," said Ms Stubbs.
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Old April 27th, 2009 #3
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ive had kickings off them before even though i had done nothing wrong. only problem is, i dont have any media trying to stick up for me as im white and proud of it.

fuck the left wing scum, its about time they started to treat them like they treat us.
 
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