So what would the riot police have been like if their commanders hadn't calmed them down? I think we can safely discount this latest spin from the Met. The cops are now blaming the media for hyping the prospect of serious violence on the day. Well, we did have some very serious violence, and it was from the police. Also, who are these supervisors who didn't ensure 'officers displayed ID numbers' and does the silence on the result of third postmortem probably mean it's not looking good for the unnamed police territorial support group policeman that carried out the attack on Ian Tomlinson? Officers policing the G20 protests in London were told to remain "calm and restrained", says a Met police report. Supervisors also had to ensure officers displayed ID numbers , says the report being presented to a Metropolitan Police Authority meeting later... ...The results of a third post-mortem, requested by the interviewed police officer's legal team, have not be...

To search this page using Firefox hold down control-f and a search field will appear at the bottom of the browser window allowing you to search the web page your viewing for keywords. Something similar in Internet Explorer I presume. [update 12:43 GMT+1 July 22 2010] No charges against police killers of Ian Tomlinson. Outrageous but sadly not surprising. Affirms the fact that the police have a licence to kill in the UK. See Guardian article here [update 16:31 GMT Sept 28 2009] LONDON (Reuters) - A police officer has been charged with assaulting a female protester during anti-G20 demonstrations in London earlier this year, prosecutors said on Monday. Police Sergeant Delroy Smellie is accused of beating a woman during the protests in the City of London on April 2 as the leaders of the G20 nations gathered for an economic summit. An investigation was launched by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) watchdog after video footage came to light of an officer alleg...