According to the UK newspaper The Guardian, ‘The G20 officer caught on video assaulting Ian Tomlinson minutes before he died faces being dismissed from the Metropolitan police before Christmas’.
The officer is still, apparently, on full pay although he has been suspended. If the roles had been reversed, would Ian Tomlinson be free or would he have been arrested, charged and locked up within minutes to await a trial at which he would have to prove his innocence? One suspects the latter…G20 police officer may face dismissal…