2009-04-08

police shoved heard attack victim in g20 protests

If you were following the G20 protests in London earlier this week, you probably heard of the man who died of a heart attack during the protest. It turns out minutes before his heart attack Ian Tomlinson, 47, was walking home from work with his hands in his pockets when police struck him from behind with a baton. See the chilling video below.



I watched a very interesting documentary on the Seattle WTO protests from 1999. It showed more of the same, police initiating a lot of brutality against mainly peaceful protesters.

This Saturday April 11th there will be a series of protests throughout various cities against the banking system. Here are the details on the protests in San Francisco. Unfortunately I'll be out of town.

In happier news Vermont proves it self to be better than California.