BBC: G20 police officer shown in video assaulting Ian Tomlinson comes forward

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Run time: 02:49 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXOWHKn5p6w   Posted on YouTube: April 08, 2009 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: April 09, 2009 By DU Member: Turborama Views on DU: 579

 
Looks like his wife's hopes were realized.

Ian Tomlinson's widow speaks out over G20 death

Paul Lewis
The Guardian, Thursday 9 April 2009

Inside their terrace home in east London, the Tomlinson family sat down last night with a pen and paper and calmly attempted to scribble down their feelings. Everyone, even Ian Tomlinson's youngest teenage daughter, had to agree to the form of words before they handed it over.

After several careful amendments, this is what they wrote: "We really hope that with all this media coverage the officer or officers will come forward. We are grateful for the footage the Guardian obtained, which now turns out to be crucial to the investigation. The family are devastated by the loss of a loving father and we are trying to hold it together."

Continues: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/apr/09/ian-tomlinson-g20-police-family


On edit. Sorry but the BBC are still disabling embedded vids and you have to got to the link to watch it.