NEWS: The surveillance state turned a blind eye on Ian Tomlinson

Really liked this article by Michael Deacon in the Telegraph over the weekend, on the surveillance state and the idiocy of the Counter Terrorism laws.
The surveillance state turned a blind eye on Ian Tomlinson
He calmly asks the question why, in todays surveilled society, with CCTV everywhere, the only footage that has come forward of the police treatment of Ian Tomlinson has come from bystanders filming the scene.
Counter-productively, the Counter Terrorism laws introduced in the UK in February actually make it illegal for a bystander to film the police, in case it 'aids' terrorism... maximum penalty is 10 years!!! The wooliness of the law is such that we should be worried... but nice to see the Telegraph pointing out the utter absurdity of the situation!

HOWEVER>>>
A rather distrubing video of more of more police brutality at the London G20 protests... if blogging on this is against the law, then "BITE ME"

Watch from 3.30 onwards... its really shocking :-(

Indymedia are asking for anyone with more footage or evidence to get in touch.

Also, theres ANOTHER protest planned for THIS SATURDAY APRIL 18th in London to protest the police behaviour.... their facebook group and all the details are here
While the intention of the protest is most definitely peaceful, if you're going to it, be aware that a protest against police policy may attract some slightly more anarchic individuals... the facebook invite i got said:

come down , peacefull is the answer! bring food , drinks and music.
hopefully the weather will be nice and we can spread the love
it is our right to demonstrate , and so we shall !
we come in peace ! this is not a riot , this is just a gathering of folk who like to exercise their freedom of speech (a basic human right along with freedom of movement)
spread the word

The petition to Number 10 to remove the idiot counter-terrorism laws on taking photographs in public places is HERE

UPDATE: The BBC catches up with the circulation of this video and the officer is suspended...  I'm not particularly happy about the language the commentator uses in the video to describe the woman as 'provoking' the officer. His actions were completely inexusable.