Fickle Cycle

Last week I raised my concerns on the lack of information about the death of a man during the G20 protests. Well my concerns have been realised as it appears that the man (Ian Tomlinson) was hit hard by an officer with a police batton and then shoulder-barged onto the ground as he was walking away – possibly leading to his death. It just gets worse – the man was on his way home from work and not protesting at all. A person can not get away with assault of a man walking away from talking to him and this must be further investigated.

Also the media have described this blatant assault from behind with a baton as simply a “push” or “shove”. This extremely passive reporting and this desire to be “balanced” despite evidence leaning to one way is killing journalism.