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| London policeman charged over G20 protest death Posted: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 An officer with London's Metropolitan Police has been charged with causing the death of a man caught up in the G20 protests in 2009. PC Simon Harwood is accused of the manslaughter of Ian Tomlinson, who died after Harwood hit him with a baton before pushing him to the ground. Homeless paper-seller Tomlinson was pushed from behind outside the Bank of England as he walked back from work. He died within minutes. The death was filmed and attracted international media attention. More... |
| Police arrest train passenger for a 16-hour loud cellphone conversation Posted: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 A 39-year old woman, Lakeysha Beard, talked for more than half a day while on an Amtrak train going from Oakland, California to Portland, Oregon. The loud cellphone conversation lasted sixteen hours last Monday, after which police stopped the train for twenty minutes at Salem, Oregon to arrest the woman. According to the British newspaper Daily Mail, Amtrak has no policy forbidding passengers from talking on the phone on a moving train. More... |
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