Incident at Easdale/Bolton Street Intersection on Friday July 14 Between 10.30 & 11.50Pm.

The Police Action

On'14 July (Friday) at a recent gathering to protest against the French I was smoking a cigarette and decided to walk along the line of linked armed police. A policeman grabbed my cigarette and proceeded to dispose of it. He then pushed me. As a result I fell over. I was assisted by others gathered around. I then proceeded to look for the number of the policeman concerned. I asked the policeman for his number because he wore a coat which covered the area on which I knew numbers were normally worn. He refused. I asked him a number of times after that for his number. He refused. A number of people joined me in asking. The policeman concerned still refused. I called for a camera. A photo of the policeman concerned was taken. A police officer then came along and told me to depart. I told him I wanted the number of a policeman during which I attempted to point him out. The police officer then pushed me. I again fell over. I then took the name of a witness who saw it all happening. Later I found another photographer who took a photo of the policeman who pushed me. This photographer then took another photo of the 1st policeman who pushed me. I also talked to another person who identified the policeman who pushed me as Craig, who went to a school in Christchurch.

P. Maru.