Results tagged “Ian Tomlinson” from Birmingham Mail - Is It Just Me

As one who was in the 1968 Grosvenor Square demonstration - altogether now Ho Ho Ho Chi Minh - the unbridled enthusiasm of the Metropolitan Police at such events and the removal or covering of identification numbers is nothing new.

The difference now though is that everyone and his dog has a mobile phone which can video our friendly bobbies in action.

The most worrying thing about the whole affair though is the fact the police announced a post mortem on the unfortunate newspaper seller Ian Tomlinson had show he died of a heart attack.

Now I am no pathologist but I suspect anyone who claims to be should be able to tell the difference between a heart attack and an abdominal haemorrhage which was the result of a second post mortem.

The second post mortem, of course, would in all probability never have been held had someone not popped up with video of Mr Tomlinson being charged to the ground.

Which begs the question was the first post mortem a cover up, incompetence or just the result the police wanted?