The Independent Police Complaints Commission is to investigate the cover-up by the police of the murder of Ian Tomlinson. As consistently demanded on this site - we want to know who was responsible for spreading the lies and disinformation contained in the initial media reports based on police briefings:
Police are to be investigated over whether they deliberately misled the public over the suspected involvement of officers in the death of Ian Tomlinson during the G20 protests, the Independent Police Complaints Commission said today .click on the links below for more on the murder of Ian Tomlinson and the police.
The launch of a separate and independent inquiry into "the Metropolitan police service (MPS) and City of London police media handling of the death of Ian Tomlinson" comes after weeks of concern that the public were misled about events surrounding the death of the 47-year-old newspaper vendor, during the G20 protests in London.
It raises the possibility that police were involved in a cover-up, and deliberately withheld crucial information about the potential involvement of officers. IPCC investigators are likely to want to scrutinise the information senior press officers had before they released statements to the media. more
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