man dies at protest in london

[wazaaap]

More G20 summit protests expected
G20 protester and policeman
Police said the vast majority of participants were good-humoured

A second day of protests are expected as world leaders gather for the G20 summit at the ExCel Centre in London.

From 0700 BST there are plans to disrupt traders at the London Stock Exchange, and from 1100 BST anti-war protests are planned near the summit.

On Wednesday, largely peaceful protests in the City financial district were punctuated by flashes of violence.

Police reported 87 arrests and four people have been charged, three with possessing a bladed weapon.

The fourth protester was charged with assault. Police said they would track down troublemakers.

Stop the war Coalition, the British Muslim Initiative, CND and others said they were planning anti-war protests in the vicinity of the ExCel centre in east London's Docklands.

They are being allowed in one area just outside the security fence erected around the conference hall.

'Knock on the door'

On Wednesday, hundreds of Climate Camp demonstrators - behind direct action protests at Heathrow Airport and power stations in North Yorkshire and Kent - pitched tents in Bishopsgate in the City and said they intended to stay for 24 hours.

But by the evening police started what they described as a "slow dispersal" of those who remained using powers under section 14 of the Public Order Act.

A Metropolitan Police spokesperson said: "These people have now been demonstrating for over 12 hours.

"While this has been peaceful, they are being moved because Bishopsgate is a main arterial route."


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An estimated 5,000 people took part in the protests on Wednesday.

Metropolitan Police Commander Simon O'Brien said small pockets of criminals were responsible for the outbreaks of trouble on Wednesday and would be tracked down.

But he added that the vast majority of demonstrators were good-humoured.

Investigations had already been launched after protesters smashed their way into the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) branch in the City of London.

The Metropolitan Police said those involved in violence should expect a "knock on the door".

Senior officers said one police officer was in hospital, receiving treatment after suffering a blow to the head. Seven protesters were also taken to hospital.

As of 0200 BST, there had been 87 arrests for offences including violent disorder, obstruction, aggravated burglary, arson and unlawful possession of police uniforms.

On Wednesday evening, a man involved in the protests died after collapsing, police said.

Scotland Yard said he was found unconscious near the Bank of England and the London Ambulance Service took him to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Police added that officers arrived on the scene to help but had to move the man, thought to be in his 30s, after bottles were thrown at them.



sounds strange to me!

[eric_blair]

I heard this on the radio, they didn't give any details, just that someone had died?:confused:

this whole "protest" stinks,

"one policeman in hospital due to head injuries" they seem to be insinuating that it was the cop who got hit on the head with a stick as they've made such a big deal of it and shown it repeatedly,

funny though how they don't make such a big deal of all the other people that got hit with equally menacing metropolitan police sticks

the majority of people I saw on Sky were either stoned middle class white kids recreating 1960s love ins with flowers in their hair etc, middle aged men in anoraks who looked conspicuously out of place, press or rent-a-mob agitator goons.

considering the hype over the last few weeks on the net (meltdown etc) it was farcical, I've seen lower league football hooligan firms that could have caused more trouble than this lot.

It all just seemed staged for the TV, maybe people did realise it was a trap and didn't go?

[killmicrosoft]

earlier on sky news they slipped up and said that the man was killed

[dainis bophary]

earlier on sky news they slipped up and said that the man was killed

I heard that too, very odd.

[wchen99]

sky news didnt slip up, when they heard a man had died, the first reaction (an assumption) was naturally that he was on of those guys with blood running down his face, so it was natural to assume he had been killed. when more information reached them that this wasnt the case, they said he had died. had he been killed, there would have been witnesses all over the media. i havent seen any, have you?

[eric_blair]

sky news didnt slip up, when they heard a man had died, the first reaction (an assumption) was naturally that he was on of those guys with blood running down his face, so it was natural to assume he had been killed. when more information reached them that this wasnt the case, they said he had died. had he been killed, there would have been witnesses all over the media. i havent seen any, have you?

man your up tight, do you never think "what if?"

You've made the first step by coming here, trust your instincts make the next step

[dainis bophary]

Man who died during G20 protest was walking home from work


His death is being assessed by the Independent Police Complaints Commission.

The matter was referred to them by both the City of London police and the Metropolitan Police service.

A member of the public called police to see to Mr Tomlinson and officers, wearing helmets and protective clothing, formed a barrier around him as police medics tried to resuscitate him.

The Met said that as the officers tried to revive Mr Tomlinson they came under attack from protesters who threw bottles at them.

A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said that officers arrived on the scene to help and had to move the casualty away for urgent treatment.

Mr Tomlinson was eventually pronounced dead at hospital and a post-mortem examination will be carried out this afternoon.

Witnesses said that the incident happened on the outside of the police cordon, in which officers were holding the main body of demonstrators.

A spokeswoman for the IPCC said: “IPCC investigators will be assessing the circumstances throughout the day. They will be examining CCTV and attending the post-mortem this afternoon, as is usual in cases of this nature.

(...)

Police moved him to an area outside the Royal Exchange Building where they attempted resuscitation.

The spokesman added: “The officers took the decision to move him as during this time a number of missiles – believed to be bottles – were being thrown at them.”

London Ambulance Service said that “extensive efforts” were made to resuscitate the man both at the scene and on the way to hospital,

(...)

“As we went on it was clear there were people within the group that were first of all involved in juvenile and puerile behaviour,” he said.

“That started to escalate into quite provocative behaviour towards police lines. There were small groups charging forwards and backwards into police lines.

“It did seem to us from CCTV and police on the scene that they tried to find a way to ramp up the protest and hijack it into violence.”

Mr O’Brien said that police collected footage from “helitelly”, the force’s nickname for CCTV from powerful helicopter cameras.

“We started to see a good deal more violence coming from small groups in the crowd,” he said.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/G20/article6023020.ece



Read page 2 and 3 of the story, the blame game has started. Was it the Police or the Protesters? :rolleyes:

[1971]

so what happened?

[mikethepunk]

I wish more people in London would listen to David Icke about rioting and protesting, even though I am sure most of the rioters are agents provocateurs but I am sure there are many that are regular people also. I am glad I am not in London. But this meeting makes it obvious that London is ground zero for the NWO.

[disorder2k8]

love how they have extended 'knife' to bladed weapon, the list of pompus bureaucratic verbal extensions increases.

[rhydra]

He was returning to a bail hostel, maybe he was anxious about being penned in with the protesters and being late.