CCTV and the death of Ian Tomlinson
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009NB. If all you see after clicking on the map links below is a black map area, try manually clearing your cache if using Firefox, or hitting Ctrl+F5 if using Internet Explorer.
This is the location at which Ian Tomlinson was photographed lying on his back in front of police officers at last Wednesday’s G20 protest rally in Cornhill, London:
Google Street View view of scene
Press photograph of scene on 1st April
There appears to be at least one CCTV camera opposite the spot where witnesses claim that police assaulted Mr Tomlinson, or at least there was when the Google Street View car last passed by. It’s on the front of the Cornhill Insurance building:
Cornhill Camera View 1
Cornhill Camera View 2
But did it have the incident in its field of view? Can anyone spot any more cameras that may have captured the event?
I’ve read nothing about live camera footage of the alleged assault itself. It would be surprising if none had been captured.
UPDATE: Well, it’s academic now. The witness claims have been confirmed. The police did indeed assault the poor man. He had every right to be where he was, he had every right to be doing what he was doing. The police had not seen him cause any trouble, but they violently pushed him over from behind anyway, and minutes later he was dead.