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Who is this G20 police victim?

legal | 22.04.2009 08:42 | Other Press | Repression | Social Struggles | South Coast

Please help identify this man who can be seen being punched by a police officer using his riot shield as a weapon. If you know who this is, please get them to contact  legal@climatecamp.org.uk as soon as possible. Likewise if you witnessed this assault.

G20 riot police assault victim
G20 riot police assault victim


Who is this man with dark hair and goatee beard wearing a green or olive colour jacket with a hood?

Contact  legal@climatecamp.org.uk

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Why?

22.04.2009 12:04

It might be worthwhile to mention what you want from him?

morris


fairly obvious

22.04.2009 14:05

The climate camp legal team have been co-ordinating a campaign relating to the policing of protest in this country via legal challenges, media work,and targeted political pressure. Collecting and reviewing evidence, then seeking out witnesses has helped fuel a solid three weeks of media attention on policing since the G20. This has included the coverup of Ian Tomlinson's murder, the use of tassers at the convergence evictions, officers hiding their ID numbers and more. Finding this person shown in that video frame capture may keep the press interested long enough to widen the story further and add to mounting political pressure unlike anything seen for at least 30 years.

n


and then?

23.04.2009 07:16

"Finding this person shown in that video frame capture may keep the press interested long enough to widen the story further and add to mounting political pressure unlike anything seen for at least 30 years. "

Is the system going to reform itself? Are cops going to hand out kool-aids at protests?

Or will it be business as usual with us getting attacked while the media cheerleads the cops?

wibs are wrongheaded


not cheerleading now

23.04.2009 10:49

The media certainly hasn't been cheerleading for the last three weeks. Whether all this has a long term effect on things on the ground remains to be seen but while you might not be a fan of reform, are you seriously suggesting we should ignore these opportunities?

entropy


Narcissistic posturing

23.04.2009 11:45

The rejection of any gains which fall short of revolution is a dangerous form of narcissism. The current and unprecedented focus on policing isn't just about surprising twists in press coverage or possible superficial changes to the way the state seeks to control us. What we are seeing is one of the lowest ebbs of support for the police by the public and that translates into great potential support for important social struggles. Lets not piss this chance away through narcissistic posturing.

softly softly


Terrible things

23.04.2009 12:05

Wouldn't it be a terrible if all this attention on police violence and unaccountability led to less police violence and more accountability... wouldn't it be terrible if more people stood up to police abuse of power.... wouldn't be terrible if cops were forced to wear huge ID numbers front and back at all times.... wouldn't it be terrible if police dogs had to be muzzled in crowds.... wouldn't it be terrible if laws forbidding photographing police officers were overturned.... wouldn't it be terrible if the media started paying real attention to deaths in custody... wouldn't it be terrible if juries placed less faith in the word of police officers... wouldn't it be terrible if police lies and propoganda were not treated as fact by the media... wouldn't it be terrible if political policing was curtailed by a public demanding value for money from 'their' police force....

NOT


Its Normal Police Procedure

23.04.2009 15:05

To violently assault people and avoid prosecution by being "disciplined"

 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/8014256.stm

Football fan


@football fan, yes but

23.04.2009 15:49

The link you gave doesn't really illustrate your point as while the police say they are investigating (from a potentially disciplinary perspective) it also points out that nobody came forward to complain so obviously there can be no prosecution.

Yes, the police force tends to scapegoat and discipline individual officers when they get caught carrying out the systemic violence and abuse of power inherent in the force as a whole. What is happening now is that the cops are trying to pass this all off as a few bad apples in the force but the public is perhaps less convinced then ever.

If we just take shit off the police then off course they will get away with it. If we complain, make a fuss, or efficiently strike back, then we stand a chance to hold these thugs to account.

no complaint, no action


same old same old

23.04.2009 16:42

More of the same -  https://publish.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/04/428216.html

create a fuss

acab


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