DENMARK

G.: “When the batons were put to use, very quickly the individual seemed non-responsive to the violence”

“The individual in question sat by the police line, with police using their knees on their backs close by the individuals neck. The individual clearly struggled through the actions duration with breathing at parts.

When the police around 12.30-13.00 pm started dispersing the activists, in this part of the blockade they liberally started using batons, dogs barking, and a certain amount of tear gas (low to moderate, higher doses used on the main blockade). When the batons were put to use, very quickly the individual seemed non-responsive to the violence.

When I realized they had seemingly passed out, I struggled to communicate to the police to stop the aggression and recognize the acute need for helping the individual. The police then dragged the individual “into” behind the police line. There were several seconds where the police continued pretty extreme aggression with batons, including the individual, and calling attention to their need was initially met with batons before the police acknowledged the event and moved to bring the individual out of the area of violence.

From then on some police administered some first aid to the individual and later they seemed to be dragged further away. From this point on I retreated under police aggression and lost sight of anything else concerning the passed-out individual.

It was clear that some of the individual’s comrades noticed the altercation and might independantly report it. They seemed very distressed at not being able to follow their comrade through the police line. I was not able to find them again and discuss the incident.”