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Home | Friday 13th November 2009 | Issue 699

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TOMLINSON VIGIL

Eight months after his death, Ian Tomlinson’s family has announced a candlelit vigil to remember him, Tuesday 1st December from 6pm – 7.15pm at Royal Exchange by Threadneedle Street, London, EC3V 3LL (tube: Bank).

The family say “Ian died in tragic circumstances, an ‘innocent passerby’ trying to get home, after a police assault at the G20 protests on April 1st 2009. Eight months later our family are preparing for our first Christmas without him and still waiting for justice. We have been grateful for public support this year and would like an opportunity to hold this public memorial gathering to rememaber Ian, with our friends and supporters around us. We ask that those who attend please wear black as a mark of respect and remember that this is peaceful event.”

The actual evidence around Ian Tomlinson’s death remains obscured as the CPS is sitting on the files and no doubt hoping that the whole problem will just go away.

* See www.iantomlinsonfamilycampaign.org.uk



 

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