Man Dies During G20 London Protests

[Mari333]

Source: sky news

The man was found after collapsing at a protest camp near the Bank of England.

Police said bottles were thrown at them while they carried him away.

He was later pronounced dead at a nearby hospital.









http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/G20-Police-Vow-To-Track-Down-Troublemakers-After-Clashes-In-City-Of-London/Article/200903415252669?lpos=UK_News_Carousel_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15252669_G20%3A_Police_Vow_To_Track_Down_Troublemakers_After_Clashes_In_City_Of_London

Read more: http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/G20-Police-Vow-To-Track-Down-Troublemakers-After-Clashes-In-City-Of-London/Article/200903415252669?lpos=UK_News_Carousel_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15252669_G20%3A_Police_Vow_To_Track_Down_Troublemakers_After_Clashe

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

1. Police statement:

After we beat the shit out of him, he collapsed, and the other wankers threw bottles at us!

:grr:

[B Whale]

5. sounds about right from the MET

[ShortnFiery]

8. There was a MAJOR sting by Scotland Yard on *many* CORRUPT London Police Officers.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/90028.stm

New breed of corrupt police ruin crime fight

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/3298775/New-breed-of-corrupt-police-ruin-crime-fight.html

Corruption, whether by individuals or small groups, is seen across all forces and involves detectives, uniformed officers and civilians across a range of ranks, according to the paper.

It defines corruption narrowly in terms of activity which involves "abuse of position" and places this "at the top of a hierarchy of unethical behaviour, above criminality and misconduct".

But in a finding that will cause police chiefs concern about overall levels of discipline, the study's author, Joel Miller, says that Professional Standards Units (PSUs) have found "a range of other criminality and misconduct in all forces".

He adds: "This commonly involves the dealing or recreational use of drugs. Other examples include fraud, theft, domestic violence, spurious claims to
sick leave, as well as sexist, racist or homophobic behaviour. "Corruption is still likely to be simply the tip of the iceberg of a broader range of more common, but less serious, types of unethical behaviour within the service, only some of which will be visible to force PSUs."

[B Whale]

2. Protestor Dies amid G20 protests

Source: ABC and Sky News

London police say a protester has died after a day of anti-capitalist scuffles in London's financial district.
The death came after a day of violent scuffles in London, where thousands of protestors are demonstrating to coincide with the G20 summit.

Police said they made 32 arrests in the clashes, which came as world leaders held pre-summit talks trying to iron out differences over whether tighter regulation or further fiscal stimulus would do more to ease the crisis.

Protesters laid siege to the Bank of England and smashed the windows of the Royal Bank of Scotland, which has become a symbol of the financial crisis in Britain, which has been hit hard by the credit crunch and its economic fallout.


Read more: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/04/02/2532778.htm

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No clear idea of how they died but police were being brutal at times.

[Barack_America]

3. I read in another thread that bottles were hurled at police as they tried to aide the man.

So I agree that we'll have to wait until we get more information before we draw any conclusions here.

[B Whale]

4. I imagine they might have been, however

i also doubt people deliberatley through bottles at police trying to hekp a dying man. That'll be the right wing propaganda that comes out n the morning. They probably thought the police were beating him up, like they were doing all day.

Anyway, i do know there was a lot of anger out there today and i also know the police were behaving disgracefully at times at well.

I doubt we'll ever get the truth in situations like this anyway...

[Butch350]

7. Too quietly protest properly makes and impact.

When you throw in civil disobedience and violence - then you become a criminal!

[KDLarsen]

14. From the Guardian (left-leaning newspaper)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/apr/02/g20-protests-man-dies-london

"The Independent Police Complaints Commission was being notified last night. Scotland Yard said the alarm had been raised by a member of the public who spoke to a police officer on a cordon at the junction of Birchin Lane and Cornhill in the City.

He sent two medics through the cordon line and into nearby St Michael's Alley where they found a man who had stopped breathing. They called for ambulance support at about 7.30pm and moved him back behind the cordon where they gave him cardio-pulmonary resuscitation.

The officers took the decision to move him as during this time a number of missiles – believed to be bottles – were being thrown at them", said a police statement. The ambulance service took the man to hospital where he died."

Been ages since I posted in LBN, so feel free to snip a sentence off if I have posted too much from the article.

[ShortnFiery]

23. Gee, I heard on the Corporate News Network that bottles were being thrown in the area but NOT ...

at THEM specifically. But feel free to imagine massive glass missiles. :crazy:

[B Whale]

6. Police Slander and smears

just seen it reported. Total nonense reckons the guy from sky news. he says plastic bottles etc were thrown in that area (as had been the case for a while once protestors were penned in)

Classic police smear campaign straigt away.

They're more concerned with their reputation than public safety

[DissedByBush]

9. "Another demonstrator dressed in black then ran forward and hit an officer with a pole."

I wonder why the police got brutal. "Please stop" was not going to work with this crowd.

[dave_p]

16. Huh?

One guy's reported to have hit a cop with a banner-pole. So as a result "this crowd" of several thousand deserves brutal handling? Anyone else see something wrong with this picture?

And cops never hit anyone with sticks, do they? (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2009/apr/02/g20-protest) I guess they too would merit brutal treatment if they did?

[DissedByBush]

19. i have no sympathy

When a crowd gets violent they deserve a beating by the police if softer measures do not calm them down. If you are not the violent one then it would be a good idea to stay away from such protests because you might become collateral damage when the police are trying to subdue thousands of violent, unlawful protesters. Protesters at the G summits are known to get violent.

Show me a completely peaceful protest where the police get violent and then you have my sympathies and hopes for the prosecution of those police.

[Truth2Tell]

10. Man found dead amid massive G20 protest

Source: CBCNews

A man has been found dead at the G20 protest in England as thousands of protesters rallied ahead of the economic summit in London's financial district.

The man collapsed on the street near the Bank of England, London's Metropolitan police said.

Police did not give a possible cause of death.

Officials estimated that at least 4,000 people jammed into the area, with some chanting "Abolish Money" as they marched down the clogged streets.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/04/01/g20-protests-london034.html?ref=rss

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Not much info on this yet.

[ShortnFiery]

11. The London Police "closed off" an area and would not let anyone pass. WELL,

they TECHNICALLY wouldn't let anyone - TO INCLUDE a member of Parliament ID'd on his jacket as "an observer."

But they did let the "esteemed" members of Anderson "Vanderbilt" Cooper's Press Corps through ... but continued to DENY the member of Parliament. Go Figure?

Oh, there was a Type I Diabetic who did not have his insulin there ... but the Police said, "No Exceptions save for Anderson Cooper's CNN "News" Crew." :crazy:

One of Anderson's cronies ... er, colleagues said, "Maybe that will teach them not to come because the police will close them off and not let them leave? Except for those who have NOTHING BETTER TO DO (other than protest)." :puke:

[MilesColtrane]

12. "Abolish Money"?

I can wholeheartedly understand protesting the malignant spread of unfettered capitalism and power hungry corporations, but a protest to turn back the clock four thousand years, to a time when people bartered with goats and chickens?

This crowd needed a better chant organizer.

[msongs]

13. maybe what they meant was credit cards for everyone lol nt

[dave_p]

17. Kettled

They don't tell you that there were so many people jammed into the area because police wouldn't let them out for the rest of the day, one of London's warmest so far this year. The cops call it "kettling". The media talk like it's something new, but it's the tactic which (used on a larger scale) made the 1990 poll tax riot so explosive. Nobody died then, miraculously. I guess it was only a matter of time.

[ShortnFiery]

24. Yes, they wouldn't even let a member of Parliament through nor a Type I Diabetic.

The crones on Anderson Cooper's show said THAT will deter ALL BUT those protesters who "have nothing better to do" from coming back tomorrow.

[Blandocyte]

15. If it was "just" a collapse, maybe from a heart attack/exertion

we could say he doth protest too much.

If not, then there's nothing remotely humorous and I apologize in advance.

[ShortnFiery]

25. Grrr! Gallow's humor?

I like your style. :hi:

[g20londonriots]

18. The G20 London Protestors Are Two Faced Twats...

Really they understand nothing.... otherwise why would they be protesting.

Don't get me wrong, I think its terrible that this guy died. But honestly, why the need for a protest?

I am a banker and I work for one of the biggest top tier investment banks in the square mile and I truly believe that the protestors don't understand that without me and my fellow bankers, there wouldnt be such things as stable prices - that goes from anything from bread to oil prices.

I play such an important role in society and it breaks my heart that the idiots who went protesting don't understand this. I get the feeling that they are just jealous I earn more money in a year than they do in a lifetime.

Obviously I have to say this all anonymously, so I've made some posts on a blog to express my opinion:

http://g20-london-riots.blogspot.com/

Don't be putoff by the comments about me though. The truth is that if you wanted to become a banker you could have done - you had the opportunity just like I did. So dont be jealous of me because its your own fault.

The only thing that the london g20 protests could have accomplished was to encourage stricter rules and regulations when I trade. This is the only way Im not going to piss your money up the wall. Otherwise, I just continue to get 6 figure bonuses

[Nihil]

20. Wanker.

Bye!
:hi:

[ShortnFiery]

21. Yes, perhaps we should have A Bankers forum along with that of our Business one?

Sort of like "the ladders" for people who don't want to mix with the unwashed masses? :evilgrin:

[ShortnFiery]

22. Holy Shit! This isn't a parody!?!

Damn, the jokes could write themselves. :crazy:

WANKER BANKER! :rofl: