"The message this verdict sends out to the wider public is that accountability systems are still failing and that police officers appear free to act above the law. The question of how Ian Tomlinson met such a tragic and sudden death still remains unanswered leaving a stain on British justice."
— Newham Monitoring Project (civil justice organisation) on the Ian Tomlinson verdict, letting PC Simon Harwood off scot free after killing Tomlinson at the G20 demo a few years ago
