Hi just released on bail along with the others who were arrested last night. Nobody suffered much harassment in the station except for being woken up in the middle of the night and laughed at frequently. Many of us were bruised and bloodied by the baton charge. Many of the police, some in plain clothes, used wooden batons (ie- big sticks). We are all charged with public disorder, one is charged with carrying an offensive weapon (a penknife) and another is charged with trying to steal a policemans radio. In fact the policeman was using the walkie talke to split open the activists head. He had to be taken to hospital where he recieved six stitches. We are back in court next thursday and will be pleading not guilty to all charges. Ten of those arrested were members of the Socialist Workers party, one from the WSM (platform anarchists) and the others Globalise Resistance and/or independents.
Cheers Dave Lordan