http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/05/04/ian-tomlinson-and-many-others-like-him-deserve-justice/

This would never happen in the USA. There, they can shoot someone in the back when they are lying on the ground and get away with it.

Usually, British pigs are given free rein too. When they murdered a Brazilian because they thought he looked a bit Pakistani, the coroner ordered the jury not to find unlawful killing. But for once, they've been hoist with their own petard.

This article raises interesting political points, and even manages to drag in Nelson Mandela's views on Palestine.

That wouldn't happen in the USA, either.