Met police finally apologise and pay out to family of Ian Tomlinson - killed by police officer durin

[matt.ant]

[B]The Met Police has apologised to the family of Ian Tomlinson and reached an out-of-court settlement over his death at the G20 protests in London in 2009.

[/B]Mr Harwood was acquitted last year of manslaughter last year but he was later sacked by the Met Police for gross misconduct.
[URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23573327"]
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23573327[/URL]

[codenamecueball]

about time, poor guy.

[Memobot]

This has only happened because the Met have spent so much money on legal fees.
Still don't understand why Tomlinson didn't just go home that day.

[matt.ant]

[QUOTE=Memobot;41721945]This has only happened because the Met have spent so much money on legal fees.
Still don't understand why Tomlinson didn't just go home that day.[/QUOTE]

He was going home when it happened, the protests had got worse by that point. PC Harwood had said they were told to move from 'crowd control tactics' to 'riot control tactics' hence why the police were extra violent