2009 G20 London summit protests

2009 G20 London summit protests

Date	1 and 2 April 2009
Location	City of London, England
Deaths	Ian Tomlinson, a newspaper vendor
Non-fatal injuries	Over 180 protesters made formal complaints of injuries.[1]
Charges	Delroy "Tony" Smellie, a Metropolitan police officer, charged with assaulting Nicola Fisher[2] He was later found to have committed no crime and found not guilty at court.[3]
Convictions	Phillip Georgopoulos, a student from Dudley who threw a computer monitor through the window of an RBS branch, was jailed for two-and-a-half years[4]

The 2009 G20 London summit protests occurred in the days around the 2 April 2009 G20 London summit. The summit was the focus of protests from a number of groups over various long-standing and topical issues. These ranged from disquiet over economic policy, anger at the banking system and bankers' remuneration and bonuses, the continued war on terror and concerns over climate change.

Although the majority of the protests and protesters were peaceful, the threat of violence and criminal damage were used by police as a reason to detain, or "kettle", protesters as part of Operation Glencoe. A bystander, Ian Tomlinson, died shortly after being pushed to the ground by a police officer. A second post-mortem revealed that Tomlinson may have died from an abdominal haemorrhage. The inquest into Tomlinson's death found that he was unlawfully killed.