Do the police care more about dogs than humans? Seems that way After the death of Ian Tomlinson, there was no talk of devastation, of lessons learned, of sadness and shock – just a lot of denial Guardian.co.uk footage of Ian Tomlinson walking past a line of police dog handlers during the G20 protests in London. Photograph: guardian.co.uk The contrast couldn't be greater. Commenting on two deaths apparently caused by police malpractice yesterday, a Chief Superintendent said that everyone in the force was "devastated" by the incident. "We will certainly take any lessons we can get from this process and make sure we put them in place so this sort of thing never happens again. It has caused immense sadness and immense shock." The police reported themselves to the Independent Police Complaints Commission and have launched their... [read full story]
