Guy Aitchison (London, OK): As the fallout from the video showing the brutal police assault on Ian Tomlinson continues, former Assistant Commissioner of Special Operations at the Met, Andy Hayman, warns in the Times that serious questions must be asked about police tactics at the G20 demonstrations (you can read my experience of the policing and the disgusting practice of "kettling" peaceful protesters here). Hayman, who mingled with both police and protestors last Wednesday, warns that "the commissioner must ask serious questions about the style of policing. If left unchecked, we have a more violent crowd in uniform than the crowd demonstrating."
"The crowd in uniform may be the more violent" warns former police chief
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