The opening sentence is laughable:
"There are two kinds of country: those in which ordinary, decent people are afraid of criminals but trust the police, and those in which ordinary, decent people are afraid of criminals and of the police."
The police have never thought of themselves as public servants, here to help the public- that's not what they were set up to do. Although it's obviously not his fault he's never had dealings with them.
I'm not convinced the footage from the G20 protests will change their minds either but at least there is now documentary evidence so that it doesn't look like it's all being made up by political extremists who hate the police.
This, alongside the brazen PR efforts, both before and since G20, is far more interesting- the police are suddenly aware that their actions can be viewed by others (those who aren't the sort to question the police, the media) and that these videos tell a completely different tale that traditionally wouldn't be told, as everyone would swallow the police's side of the story.
The media has been more qustioning than normal over the release of the 12 Pakistani suspects this week too.