New Yorker Who Cracked G20 Death Case Backs Probe

They saw news agent collapse after clash with cops

(NEWSER) - London police are interviewing witnesses who reported seeing cops attack a man shortly before he collapsed and died during last week's G20 protests, reports the Guardian. The 47-year-old news agent hit his head on the pavement after the clash, according to reports. The confrontation occurred as riot police with dogs attempted to herd protesters away from London's financial district. The man's death has officially been attributed to a heart attack. More»

(NEWSER) - A second autopsy of the man who died during recent G20 protests in London revealed that abdominal bleeding, not a heart attack, killed him, the New York Times reports. The follow-up by a board looking into police misconduct did not specify what caused the bleeding. But Ian Tomlinson was filmed being beaten by police moments before his death—and an officer might now face manslaughter charges. More»

Officials seek probe in death of man knocked down by riot police

(NEWSER) - British officials are calling for a criminal investigation into a police attack on a man who died during the G20 protests in London last week, the Daily Telegraph reports. Video of the incident, shot by a New Yorker in town on business, shows a "sickening and unprovoked attack" by police on Ian Tomlinson, said a spokesman for the Liberal Democrat party. Tomlinson, 47, died of a heart attack a short time later. One senior police officer has called the footage “shocking.” More»

(NEWSER) - Ian Tomlinson, who died during last week’s G20 protests in London, was clubbed and pushed to the ground by police minutes before he suffered a fatal heart attack, the Guardian reports. The paper has obtained video, which shows Tomlinson walking away from riot cops with dogs before he was attacked from behind. Tomlinson, who was on his way home from work, was earlier battered by police batons, witnesses say. More»

Cops say protesters pelted them with missiles as they tried to help man

(NEWSER) - A demonstrator died after collapsing inside a police barricade at the G20 protests in London last night, the Guardian reports. Medics and cops were pelted with missiles as they tried to move and resuscitate the man, who was pronounced dead in a local hospital, said officials. The man had been among thousands of protesters corralled in the streets around the Bank of England. The cause of his death was not yet known. More»