Jury's just given it's verdict on Ian Tomlinson: unlawful killing
looks like justice is winning - fingers crossed for a prosecution.

www.guardian.co.uk/uk/blog/2011/may/03/ian-tomlinson-inquest-verdict-live-blog
(leviticus no longer likes the cut of your gib on, Tue 3 May 2011, 15:49, 6 replies)

fingers crossed
Although I fully expect the end result to involve a lot of sweeping, a fucking HUGE carpet and a confidential communication to all officers to focus all future unprovoked assaults on people who look extremely healthy
so they don't get tripped up by this pesky cirrhosis thing next time.
(OTT, Tue 3 May 2011, 16:37, closed)

yeah, it's probably not worth getting your hopes up
they'll still have Theresa May onside, who would pretty much stick up for them even if they were caught burning protesters inside wicker men. "The wicker man is a key tactic in the police's efforts to ensure the safety of the public" I bet she'd say.

Although it has been a pretty rough time for the Met lately, what with everyone talking about kettling and tactics, and the Met police authority asking tricky questions, plus all the phone hacking shit that they were obviously balls deep in. Plus - juries at the moment aren't as likely to be biased against protesters, cos of the arab spring and such.

With just a little bit of luck...
(leviticus no longer likes the cut of your gib on, Tue 3 May 2011, 16:50, closed)

No hope.
He'll be pensioned off after spending about 6 days of a 12 months sentence for manslaughter.

Sad, but probably true.
(dchurch bah, Tue 3 May 2011, 17:51, closed)

Could be worse
he could be an alkie who drank himself to death and ruined the lives of countless other people.
( buffet_the_appetite_slayer ٩(●̮̃•)۶ jacked in to the ICE on, Wed 4 May 2011, 15:04, closed)

Like?

(dchurch bah, Wed 4 May 2011, 18:50, closed)

Like the cronic alcoholic
stumbling about in blackout during a riot, who fell over and had a heart attack after some bobibe tapped him on the leg with a truncheon.
( buffet_the_appetite_slayer ٩(●̮̃•)۶ jacked in to the ICE on, Thu 5 May 2011, 14:40, closed)