This should be one of many inquiries that lead to radical change in the Metropolitan Police. In addition to the death of Ian Tomlinson there were numerous troubling videos of aggressive police behavior during the G-20 protests. The Guardian:
"Not only the Tomlinson family, but also many members of the public and MPs, have raised with us concerns about whether the police either misinformed the public about the circumstances of Mr Tomlinson's death or failed to correct misinformation about how he died," said IPCC deputy chair Deborah Glass.
"I have therefore decided that not only will we investigate the family's specific complaint about the content and timing of the [Met's] media communications on the night of 1 April, but that we should also seek to determine, as far as practicable, the state of knowledge that both the Metropolitan and City of London police had about any police contact with Ian Tomlinson between 1 April and 7 April 2009."
Sources with detailed knowledge of the investigation said the IPCC is also questioning whether City of London police may have deliberately withheld crucial information from the watchdog.
