February 24, 2025 – Cut Ties with Genocide, blockading Maersk Headquarters for Palestine – Copenhagen
31 to 50 years old. Batonned, pepper-sprayed and tear-gassed : damaged nerves on shoulder and arm
Cut Ties with Genocide, action in front of Maersk offices, Copenhagen – February 24, 2025
M.: “I have damaged nerves that need a treatment”
“During an action/occupation of the compagny (against the Palestinian Genocide – Arming Israel amry), more less than 800 activists invested the Maerks company. We remained on site for any degradation or lessening of aggression by workers, police officers, etc. We were protesting peacefully.
The police surrounded us for several hours. They tried, on several occasions, to make us leave by pulling us by the arms and legs. Gradually, they put on their helmets, gas masks and came with police dogs. They tried to break through the groups of people seated and ended up gassing us and hitting us with their batons.
We got up to leave. They surrounded us and hit us with batons while our backs were to them. I was at the end of the line and I received two blows from a baton, one on the shoulder and one on the arm. It hit a nerve and I temporarily lost all feeling in the last three fingers of my left hand. They continued to gas and fired tear-gas canisters. We fled towards a park about a hundred meters from where we were.
I went to see a doctor. I have damaged nerves that need a treatment. If the numbing sensations do not go away after a month, I will need to do additional tests.
The police had no reason to beat us. We were pacifists even if we refused to leave the place. We sang slogans.”
Physical violence
| X | Kicks, punches, slaps |
| X | 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 | |
| X | 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 | |
| X | 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 | |
| X | 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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