Summary
THE latest revelations over the death of Ian Tomlinson at the G20 protests in April should be deeply embarrassing for the Metropolitan Police -- and raise wider questions about its institutional culture.
Mr Tomlinson was pushed to the ground by officers at the demonstration shortly before collapsing and dying. It has now emerged that the unnamed officer at the centre of the investigation had previously retired from the force and been banned from rejoining after reportedly facing disciplinary action following an off-duty road-rage incident. Yet he subsequently joined Surrey police and then re-joined the Met, whose vetting processes failed to establish that it had allegedly banned him. Just as bizarrely, it turns out that when the officer left the Met, he was allowed to retire on evidently spurious medical grounds for an old injury, picking up a substantial medical pension in the process.See the full content of this document
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Another Met Blunder
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