djprocess;321888 wrote:
hasnt it come out now that he died of internal bleeding and it had nothing to do with a heart attack? cant belive it really. (guess i shouldnt be surprised tho that they lie to cover their own back)
yeah the thorough post-mortem revealed it was abdominal bleeding
they rushed a next-day post-mortem which claimed it was a heart attack, then released a statement saying he had not been involved with any police that day, adding that he was a smoker and heavy drinker
pretty standard practice, institutional cover-ups from the met
had the film not been sent to the guardian, the mass-public would have believed them and all.
some of the papers seem to be missing the point though
yes police brutality is coming under fire from all angles, this is undoubtedly a good thing
but that is directed at individual policemen
what also needs too be challenged are the institutional cover-ups from the top-dogs themselves, effectively showing that the police truly do think they can do what they like and not be accountable, completely 1984.
it’ll be in the media for a couple of weeks but it hasn’t caused enough public outrage for it to make any real difference. the news has swiftly moved.
