Police attacked Tomlinson at least twice

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We pointed this out yesterday but good to see the media catching up

G20 death: 'riot police attacked him twice'

THE man who died at the G20 protests was shoved to the floor and hit by a police officer in two separate incidents, it was claimed this afternoon.

Investigators are studying video footage that shows Ian Tomlinson, 47, being struck from behind and hurled to the floor by a policeman in riot gear minutes before he died of a heart attack.

But a witness said today that the newspaper seller had been manhandled and “pushed and thrown” along by a police officer about 15 minutes before as he tried to get home past security cordons near the Bank of England. more at the Evening Standard

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