Footage proves disabled protester case

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New footage has emerged validating the allegations made by a disabled demonstrator, who said the British police dragged him from his wheelchair and pulled him across a street during tuition fee protests.

The 20-year-old freelance journalist, Jody McIntyre, had earlier said a single officer tipped his wheelchair twice and pulled him “quite violently” on a road during London protests against government's decision to triple university tuition fees.

The footage was released online after McIntyre, who suffers from cerebral palsy, appealed for all witnesses to the incident to offer any related evidence for the attack, which was just one among several cases of reported police use of excessive force during the rallies outside parliament.

Following the disclosure, the Metropolitan Police said the case of abuse against McIntyre has been referred to the force's internal directorate of professional standards for further investigation.

McIntyre said he has collected witnesses statements and the badge number of the officer involved and he will take the case to the court while also lodging a complaint with the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).

He also hit out at the police saying they are “out of control" and that there was “plenty of violence towards students” on Thursday though he said it is “standard police behavior”.

Despite pressure on the police for its brutality during the rallies which victimized another 20-year-old, Alfie meadows, leaving him with bleeding on his brain, Scotland Yard has refused to offer any apology or sign of easing its handling of possible upcoming protests.

While Scotland Yard has already announced that 'troublemakers' will be subject to stop-and-search operations, its chief officer in charge of monitoring the handling of the demonstrations, Bob Broadhurst, said they would be “foolish” to rule out the use of tactics like water cannon.

The force is also understood to have asked for “up-to-date advice” from the Police Service of Northern Ireland on water cannon.

Facebook users rally around A. Meadows

Alfie Meadows was attacked by the police and sustained brain injury during London protests on Thursday.

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More than one thousand people on social networking website Facebook have voiced their support for the 20-year-old student who suffered brain injury at the hands of the British police during Thursday protests in London.

Alfie Meadows was knocked unconscious after the police hit him with a truncheon on the head leaving him with bleeding on his brain.

The philosophy student at Middlesex University was attacked by officers outside Westminster Abbey as he tried to leave the area and lost consciousness on the way to hospital where he undergone a three-hour operation.

A group calling themselves “Justice for Alfie Meadows” called on anyone who may have seen Meadows being hit by the police contact the Internal Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) which is leading an investigation into the case.

Those setting up the group also called on everyone “to spread the word” saying “we need as many people as possible to hear about Alfie and to come together to call for justice”.

Another group set up under the name Alfie Meadows Rally had called for a gathering outside Kensington and Chelsea hospital on Friday to protest the police brutality against Meadows.

Paul Raymond Gowler who created the group said in a post that “if you tolerate this your children will be next”.

Hundreds of people also joined other groups including “250.000 People Say: We are Alfie Meadows” to slam the police heavy-handed techniques which resulted in the brain injury to the Middlesex University student.