Edwin


Yes - which again makes the violence understandable, but not forgivable.

Understandable and forgivable are closely related.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6113960.ece

Ian Tomlinson thought to have died from internal abdominal haemorrhage not heart attack. 

Looking back at the vid I can see maybe two or three instances where he could have injured his spleen which is a common cause of abdominal bleeding after an assault - the baton strike, the shove or when he hit the floor.  Or maybe he had some previous medical problems like an aneurysm which tore when he fell - that would've been picked up in the post-mortem though.

Although there are some reports of him having been attacked earlier that that footage further up the road as well by the same police officers.

Apparently the riot officer in question is going to be tried for manslaughter.