February 24, 2025 – Cut Ties with Genocide, blockading Maersk Headquarters for Palestine – Copenhagen
31 to 50 years old. Batonned and pepper-sprayed
Cut Ties with Genocide, action in front of Maersk offices, Copenhagen – February 24, 2025
J.: “The beatings of crowd members continued even as they shouted back “I am here peacefully”, “I have not hurt anyone”, “I am leaving, I’m leaving, stop” etc.”
“Protesters marched in formation and broke nonviolently through police lines before occupying an entryway, front lawn, etc. Protesters climbed buildings, trees etc. and hung banners before peacefully sitting and chanting for several hours. Police cleared the crowd with tear gas, pepper spray, and dogs before moving in to disperse the crowd with beatings.
I received a large (approx. 15×8 cm) bruise from being struck with a police baton while trying to shield smaller members of the crowd from the beatings. I feel like I remember the police officer stepping back to line up a particularly hard strike when he realised I was preventing him from hitting the small woman I was wrapping myself around.
The beatings of crowd members continued even as they shouted back “I am here peacefully”, “I have not hurt anyone”, “I am leaving, I’m leaving, stop” etc. The police continued to hunt members of the crowd for several days throughout the city, targeting people wearing keffiyehs and anyone who looked like they might own one. When the police caught people, even hours after the action, they treated them with intimidating force and rough manhandling. Journalists were also chased away with dogs and tea-gassed.”
Physical violence
| X | Kicks, punches, slaps |
| Feet / knees on the nape of the neck, chest or face | |
| X | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| X | Aggressive behaviour, disrespect, insults |
| X | 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 | |
| X | Vexing or intimidating identity check |
| X | Intimidation or arrest of witnesses |
| X | 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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