UK - Ian Tomlinson, 47, dies after assault by police officer, London, 1 April 2009

Freed, the ' in police uniform': What jury weren't told about the PC cleared of G20 killing (Daily Mail)

A riot squad officer was denounced as a ‘ in uniform’ yesterday as he was cleared of killing an innocent bystander.

Ian Tomlinson died after PC Simon Harwood lashed him with a baton and shoved him to the ground.

The 45-year-old officer had an appalling record of complaints against him for violence in the years before the incident.

Yet such ‘prejudicial’ details were kept from the jury, who cleared him of manslaughter in a verdict described as a ‘joke’ by the family of Ian Tomlinson who died during the London G20 protests; family vows to seek 'justice' in the civil courts after the PC accused of his manslaughter was cleared today.
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much more, with many pictures, two videos, at DM link above, including:

• PC Harwood was subject of TEN complaints: racially abusing and punching girl, 14, and threatening to set fire to her father’s home; road-rage attack; throttling suspects during arrests; and unlawfully accessing police database

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Please, please watch this video. I am so angry about this, it was an unprovoked attack on a hapless bystander. Mr Tomlinson may have been homeless once and an alcoholic but he did not deserve to die like this

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HECMVdl-9SQ"]Video of police assault on Ian Tomlinson, who died at the London G20 protest - YouTube[/ame]

PC Simon Harwood repeatedly accused of excessive force against public
Police officer acquitted of killing Ian Tomlinson avoided disciplinary proceedings by transferring between forces

Much more at Guardian link

Scotland Yard apologises but this is not good enough. Most of our cops here are good people but the thugs need to be weeded out