[Reader-list] more on Genoa protest

[Monica Narula]

This i have taken from the tech_2 list (tech_2 at resist.ca), forwarded 
there by Heath Bunting. The media has so much to answer for, where 
can it start??


>  The following is from someone I know and refers to someone I met in Prague
>  and know vaguely from London, at very least this should be seen as
>  attempted murder (I am sure if a civilian did this to someone it would be):-
>
>  Those of us who were in Prague will probably remember Sky, a very affable
>  bloke who helped out at the IMC. He is featured in some of the group shots
>  of the IMC video crew on the steps of the church before the main demo on
>  the first day.
>
>  Sky - real name Mark Covell - was severely beaten by Italian police who
>  raided the Genoa IMC in the early hours of Sunday morning. Eye witnesses say
>  one cop held him by the throat while others beat him with batons. He was
>  left unconscious and bleeding in the street for 30 minutes before being
>  taken away by ambulance.
>
>  He is now in a critical condition in hospital. As if this was not enough I
>  have just been show a copy of today's Daily Mail. Picture of Sky on the
>  front page with headline - 'Armed guard on Briton who led rioters'. After
>  accusing him of being a 'mastermind' in charge of the computer systems used
>  to 'organise battle tactics for rioters', and as a 'computer expert who
>  turned his skills to sedition' they casually mention his collapsed lung,
>  broken ribs and internal injuries sustained 'during his arrest'.
>
>  Regards,
>  Ben
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Monica Narula
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