Friday, May 27, 2011

Hugh Muir's Diary (Guardian)

We'll get to the truth on Tomlinson. But the journey won't be cheap

? And so a new chapter opens in the long-running saga to discover just what
happened to poor Ian Tomlinson and whether any individual can be held
responsible. As we report elsewhere, PC Simon Harwood, an officer in the Met,
will face criminal prosecution for striking Tomlinson with a baton and pushing
him to the ground during the G20 protests in April 2009. The wheels of justice
will turn, as they should, but they turn slowly and the process is never
cheap. During this month's inquest into the death of Tomlinson ? which found
unlawful killing ? the officer was accompanied to and from the hearing by two
fellow constables and one police sergeant, also members of his unit, the
Territorial Support Group (TSG). Over three days, that alone, we learn, cost
the taxpayer ?2,300.

? Still, we live, we learn. And they teach many things in the army: when to
advance, when to retreat, lessons well taught to Patrick Mercer, the Tory MP
for Newark, and 25 years a soldier. As he spoke at the House of Commons on
Monday, all ...
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