Hundreds Mourn Man's Death During G20 Protest

Hundreds Mourn Man's Death During G20 Protest

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Hundreds of people marched through London on Saturday to mourn a British man who died during protests against the G20 financial summit last week.

Newspaper seller Ian Tomlinson, 47, was on his way home from work when he was caught up in a confrontation between police and anti-capitalist protesters near the Bank of England on April 1, a day before the London summit on the global financial crisis.
A post mortem found that he died of a heart attack....
...Black-clad marchers....

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Over the past week, video footage has emerged of Ian Tomlinson walking home from work, with his hands in his pockets, walking away from police, as he was pushed to the ground by a masked police officer that was on duty druing the G20 Protests. Thomlinson was injured, and bleeding from the fall. Later that day, Ian Thomlinson died.
His family did not attend the homage, but said they remain hopeful that "action" will be taken against any officers that caused Ian's death.

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[edit on 11-4-2009 by burntheships]

Video footage of Ian Tomlinson being shove to the ground from behind by a police officer.



[edit on 11-4-2009 by burntheships]