February 24, 2025 – Cut Ties with Genocide, blockading Maersk Headquarters for Palestine – Copenhagen
31 to 50 years old. Mollested, batonned, pepper-sprayed and tear-gassed
Cut Ties with Genocide, action in front of Maersk offices, Copenhagen – February 24, 2025
F. : “One policeman hit me hard with a baton”
“A couple of hundreds activists blockaded the head quarters of Maersk, to protest the shipping of (parts of) arms to Israel and their complicity in the genocide in Palestine.
We sat close to the main entrance for a couple of hours and decided around 12h to leave at 13h, because we had achieved our target of shutting down the head quarters for the day and receive press attention.
Somewhere between 12h-13h, the police decided to start moving on us – even though they probably knew we were about to leave. They sprayed pepper spray and tear gas and used their batons on the sitting crowd. Some police men came close with police dogs to the right.
Me and a friend were pulled up and started walking away from the window. We were pushed down on the sitting crowd a couple of times while trying to move away. One policeman hit me hard with a baton on the back of my upper right leg. The bruise is about 20×20 cm.”
Physical violence
| X | Kicks, punches, slaps |
| Feet / knees on the nape of the neck, chest or face | |
| Blows to the victim while under control and/or on the ground | |
| Blows to the ears | |
| Strangulation / chokehold | |
| Painful armlock | |
| Fingers forced backwards | |
| Spraying with water | |
| Dog bites | |
| Hair pulling | |
| Tirage par les cheveux | |
| Painful tightening of colson ties or handcuffs | |
| Painfully pulling by colson ties or handcuffs | |
| Use of gloves | |
| Use of firearm | |
| Use of “Bean bags” (a coton sack containing tiny lead bullets) | |
| Use of FlashBall weapon | |
| Use of sound grenade | |
| Use of dispersal grenade | |
| X | Use of teargas grenade |
| Use of rubber bullets weapon (LBD40 type) | |
| X | Use of batons |
| X | Use of Pepper Spray |
| Use of Taser gun |
Psychological violence
| Charge of disturbing public order | |
| Charge of rebellion | |
| Accusation of beatings to officer | |
| Charge of threatening officer | |
| Charge of insulting an officer | |
| Threat with a weapon | |
| Aggressive behaviour, disrespect, insults | |
| Calls to end torment remained unheeded | |
| Sexist remarks | |
| Homophobic remarks | |
| Racist comments | |
| Violence by fellow police officers | |
| Passivity of police colleagues | |
| Lack or refusal of the police officer to identify him or herself | |
| Vexing or intimidating identity check | |
| Intimidation or arrest of witnesses | |
| Prevented from taking photographs or from filming the scene | |
| Refusal to notify someone or to telephone | |
| Refusal to administer a breathalyzer | |
| Refusal to fasten the seatbelt during transport | |
| Refusal to file a complaint | |
| Refusal to allow medical care or medication | |
| Lies, cover-ups, disappearance of evidence | |
| Undress before witnesses of the opposite sex | |
| Bend down naked in front of witnesses | |
| Lack of surveillance or monitoring during detention | |
| Lack of signature in the Personal Effects Register during detention | |
| Confiscation, deterioration, destruction of personal effects | |
| Pressure to sign documents | |
| Absence of a report | |
| Deprivation during detention (water, food) | |
| Inappropriate sanitary conditions during detention (temperature, hygiene, light) | |
| Complacency of doctors | |
| Kettling (corraling protestors to isolate them from the rest of the demonstration) | |
| Prolonged uncomfortable position |
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