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Ian Tomlinson (7 February 1962 – 1 April 2009) was a newspaper vendor who collapsed and died in the City of London after being struck by a police officer during the 2009 G-20 summit protests. After an inquest jury returned a verdict of unlawful killing , the officer, Simon Harwood, was prosecuted for manslaughter .
Ian Tomlinson died after being shoved and struck by a police officer within a police cordon of the G20 Meltdown protest near the Bank of England. Initially, the City of London Police denied that any incident with the police had occurred, and the death was attributed to natural causes.
The 2009 G20 London Summit was the second meeting of the G20 heads of government/heads of state, held in London at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre to discuss financial markets and the world economy. [1] Heads of government or heads of state from the G20 attended, with some regional and international organisations also represented.
Early in his career, he became known for his award-winning investigation of the death of Ian Tomlinson at the 2009 G20 summit protests in London. In August 2010 Lewis became head of The Guardian 's "multimedia special projects team" which aims to find "new angles on breaking news stories, including using multimedia and crowdsourcing". [5]
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[15] Although a number [citation needed] of these were determined (by inquest juries) to be suicides, other cases such as that of Ian Tomlinson, were found by inquest juries to be unlawful killings. [16] However, the jury in criminal proceedings acquitted the police officer accused of manslaughter in the Tomlinson case. [17]
U.K. Foreign Secretary David Lammy said he saw no appetite for peace from Russia in Ukraine after listening to a speech by Russia's top diplomat at a tense Group of 20 meeting in South Africa on ...
The website was relaunched in early 2009 and long articles written about the protests against the attack on Gaza, [7] photo essays about the G20, [8] and responses to Ian Tomlinson's death. [9] It also started publishing a podcast and offering regular vegan recipes.