15 April, 2009

Met chief orders review of public order policing after G20 protest
guardian.co.uk – UK
Stephenson said he had asked the chief inspector of constabulary, Denis O’Connor, to examine police tactics, saying: “G20 was a complex policing operation …
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/apr/
15/g20-protest-met-police-review

Scotland Yard to review G20 footage
Independent – London,England,UK
By Chris Greenwood, Press Association Scotland Yard will undertake an internal review of hundreds of hours of police footage recorded during the G20 …
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/scotland
-yard-to-review-g20-footage-1669045.html

Second London police officer suspended over G20 conduct
Deutsche Welle – Germany
The video footage in question allegedly shows the officer slapping a woman who was taking part in anti-G20 demonstration in front of the Bank of England on …
www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4181001,00.html

Police on defensive over handling of G-20 protests
The Associated Press
… the release of videos and photographs apparently showing aggressive treatment of a demonstrator and a bystander during G-20 protests earlier this month. …
www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j
_12KBynhHmtb6G9M0GSGJUuV-2QD97J05600

Police begin G20 tactics review
BBC News – UK
Two officers have been suspended over two alleged assaults during the G20 protests. Ian Tomlinson, a newspaper vendor, died after suffering a heart attack …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/8000246.stm

Met suspends G20 footage officer
BBC News – UK
A police sergeant apparently seen in video footage hitting a woman during the G20 protest in London has been suspended, Scotland Yard has said. …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7999277.stm

London Police Review Tactics After G-20 Street Protest Death
Bloomberg – USA
… a London police officer was suspended in connection with force used against a female protester during an April 1 demonstration against the G-20 summit. …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20
601102&sid=aKqSg7k5D.aQ&refer=uk

FEATURE-Technology advances put police behaviour in focus
Reuters – USA
… police officers after footage emerged of apparent excessive force being used during protests against this month’s G20 summit in the British capital. …
uk.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUKLF344527

G20 ‘victim’ Nicky Thompson turns to Max Clifford for PR advice
Times Online – UK
The female protester who was struck by a police officer during G20 clashes has employed the PR guru Max Clifford to deal with media requests for interviews, …
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6099525.ece

Responses to G20 policing concerns suggest some hope for reform …
Today’s responses to concerns over the policing of the G20 events give some provisional cause for optimism.
www.guardian.co.uk/uk/davehillblog/2009/apr
/15/boris-g20-police-assault-ian-tomlinson1

G20 policing under investigation | Euro News 24
10:28 The actions of the territorial support group sergeant outside the Bank of England will be examined by officials at the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).But a spokesman said the woman from Brighton, known only as …
www.euronews24.org/united-kingdom/
g20-policing-under-investigation/

“Intern’s Perspective: Is G77 the new G20? The Great American …
By Hannity Producers
Since the end of the G20 Summit and President Obama’s whirlwind trip around Europe and the Middle East, not much has been said about what, if anything, was actually accomplished there. The agreement from the G20 Summit was that the …
hannity.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/04/15/
interns-perspective-is-g77-the-new-g20/

Dear Shami re: G20 “ THE TWINING CHRONICLES – A BRITISH POLICE …
By Twining
The G20 Police Sergeant that assaulted the female protester is a Black officer. I wrote this post before I found a picture of him and noticed he was Black!. Would I have written the same had he been White? Frankly, yes.…
twining.wordpress.com/2009/04/15/dear-shami-re-g20/

Bretton Woods Revisited-the G20 Summit
By Anthony Wayne
This article looks back during the great depression when inflation made the currencies of many countries worthless which only exacerbated the effects of the global depression.
economics.bestmanagementarticles.com/a-29
327-bretton-woods-revisited-the-g20-summit.aspx

FOXNews.com – U.N. President Calls G-20 Failure, Criticizes …
Apr 14, 2009 … UN President Calls G-20 Failure, Criticizes Wealthy Countries for Failing to Help Developing World, UN General Assembly president calls the …
www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,515895,00.html

Officer suspended over new G20 footage – Yahoo! News UK
A police sergeant filmed hitting out at a woman during the G20 protests has been suspended amid fresh allegations of police brutality.
uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20090415/tuk-officer
-suspended-over-new-g20-foota-dba1618.html

New G20 footage shows more violence – Yahoo! News UK
Shocking new footage from the G20 protests shows a policeman apparently hitting a woman with a truncheon.
uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20090414/tuk-new-g20-
footage-shows-more-violence-dba1618.html

14 April, 2009

Met investigates new claims of policeman hitting G20 woman
Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom
The Independent Police Complaints Commission has already received around 120 complaints about police actions during the G20 protests. …
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/
5154989/Met-investigates-new-claims-of-policeman-hitting-G
20-woman.html

Domestic dirt tarnishes Brown’s G20 afterglow
Reuters – USA
… expense claims are hampering Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s efforts to build a political recovery on the back of his acclaimed hosting of the G20 summit. …
uk.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUKTRE53D5GE20090414

New G20 footage shows more violence
ITV.com – UK
Shocking new footage from the G20 protests shows a policeman apparently hitting a woman with a truncheon. The footage, which was uploaded on to the YouTube …
www.itv.com/News/Articles/New-G20-
footage-shows-more-violence-331570481.html

Lula, Obama to build on good vibe of G20 summit
Monsters and Critics.com – USA
The first summit ever of the Group of 20 (G20) last year – a 10-year-old group that had only ever met at the ministerial level or lower – set the United …
www.monstersandcritics.com/news/americas/features/article_
1470746.php/Lula_Obama_to_build_on_good_vibe_of_G20_summit

Iran OPEC Head:Current Oil Output Levels Support Mkt
Wall Street Journal – USA
Despite the IEA’s downward revision, Khatibi said he expected the April 2 decision by the Group of 20, or G20, to implement stimulus packages and economic …
online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20090414-706058.html

Standard-setters rendered toothless by G20
The Age – Melbourne,Australia
AS A meeting to save the world, the G20 produced nothing apart from all the feel-good self-congratulations. True, it staved off a global depression and…
business.theage.com.au/business/standardsetters-
rendered-toothless-by-g20-20090414-a6br.html

Watchdog wrong in G20 CCTV claim
BBC News – UK
The police watchdog has said its chairman was wrong to say there was no CCTV footage of an alleged police assault at the G20 protests. …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/7997990.stm

Police hunt G20 protest footage
The Press Association
Officials probing the death of Ian Tomlinson during G20 protests have said they remain hopeful fresh CCTV footage will help them piece together his final …
www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/
ALeqM5jMJg3jbdDOroSZ3nVqvYNm0VfDlw

Rush Limbaugh talks about Anal Poisoning
ToTheCenter.com – Malverne,NY,USA
At the G20 summit, many leaders were pleased with the company of President Barack Obama. One of which was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, James Gordon …
tothecenter.com/news.php?readmore=9447

Why the G20 can’t deliver – Anarkismo
By Uri Gordon
Last week we were treated to yet another spectacle of elite power confronting grass-roots protest, as G20 leaders convened in London while tens of thousands took to the streets. The corporate media offered little coverage of grass-roots …
www.anarkismo.net/article/12721

Tax Research UK “ This blog after the G20
By Richard Murphy
With the publication of the Maunday Thursday letters by Downing Street, coming in the wake of the G20 communiqué, I think the debate on tax havens has changed for good. I am well aware that there will be many who disagree but I think …
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2009/04/14/this-blog-after-the-g20/

Overwhelmed by the Pace ~ Bible Prophecy Today
By Bible Prophecy Today
“A single clause in Point 19 of the communiquè issued by the G20 leaders amounts to revolution in the global financial order… In effect, the G20 leaders have activated the IMF’s power to create money and begin global‘quantitative …
bible-prophecy-today.blogspot.com/2009/04/overwhelmed-by-pace.html

Financial Crisis: Sustaining Unsustainability by Prof. Michael …
By dandelionsalad
So in practice this G-20 agreement means that the world’s leading governments are responding to today’s financial crisis with “planned shrinkage” for debtors – a 10% cut in wage payments in hapless Latvia,
Hungary put on rations, …
dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2009/04/14/financial-
crisis-sustaining-unsustainability-by-prof-michael-hudson/

A-Infos (en) Israel, MEDIA*, Why the G20 can’t deliver By Uri Gordon**
By a-infos-en@ainfos.ca
protest, as G20 leaders convened in London while tens of thousands took to the streets. The corporate media offered little coverage of grass-roots agendas before the event, choosing rather to parrot police scaremongering as they …
www.ainfos.ca/en/ainfos22514.html

G-20 officer suspended after man’s death – CNN.com
A police officer was suspended Thursday as part of the investigation into the death of a man during last week’s G20 protests in London.
edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/04/09/g20.man.
dead.investigation/index.html?iref=hpmostpop

G-20 Agreement: Will Africa Benefit? – Worldpress.org
Apr 8, 2009 … The G-20 agreement is a historic achievement in international development, but falls short in addressing Africa’s many problems.
www.worldpress.org/Africa/3331.cfm