CCTV Cameras and Ian Tomlinson Death: IPCC adjusts story again
I won’t be doing this to death from now on, but following on from my piece yesterday, Lib Dem Voice has just reported another update to the CCTV Camera story:
It’s a short note with links into Lib Dem Voice, so here it is in its entirety, quoting Mark Pack:
First the IPCC said CCTV footage relating to Ian Tomlinson being hit by police was given to them by Channel 4.
Then the IPCC said actually there were no CCTV cameras covering the incident.
Then the IPCC said actually, yes there were cameras but none of them were working.
And today the IPCC brings us its fourth version: “The police watchdog has said its chairman [Nick Hardwick] was wrong to say there was no CCTV footage of an alleged police assault at the G20 protests” (BBC. See my earlier posting for sources for the first three versions.).
Mark is correct to comment in his previous article:
One thing at least is clear from all this: given all these oddities, the IPCC report is going to have to go into a lot of solid detail on the CCTV evidence to have a decent chance of gaining public confidence for its findings.
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Thanks for the visit and the compliment. Much appreciated.
Matt