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Eye wittness account of Oxford Street sit down protest

Alasdair | 25.03.2003 10:11

So, I was in oxford street (and Grosvenor Square before that when there were only 6 of us, but anyway), and I'm sitting down in the road, and this pig comes up to me and tries to pressurepoint my neck (grabs both ears, rams his thumbs into the soft bit behind my jaw).

For some reason, be it adrenaline, or the fact that I'm some sort of physiological freak, this doesn't hurt me, so they drag me off and chuck me on the roadside (into the gutter, with cries of 'lie in the fucking gutter, you bastard'). Anyway, so next time the lines advance on us, I'm sitting again, and this time, one of them grabs my arm, and twists it like fuck, and just lifts. Now this time, it was ABSOLUTE agony. So much that I actually felt quite weak for about five minutes afterward.
Now, it still hurts when I lift stuff, or exert pressure on my hand.
Anyone got any idea what might have happened? Have I sprained, or dare I say it, broken my wrist?
Also, anyone know whether this was 'reasonable force' (pah!), or whether I should lodge a complaint against PCJ3012 (who incidentally also gave me a good kick in the leg just after)? If so, any idea what the procedure is?
Thanks in advance all, and thanks a load to anyone and everyone that sat down in Oxford Street, it was really cool, and it got me on the 7 o'clock news

Alasdair

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  1. naughty but nice[not] — george blair
  2. Go to a doctor — bogzla
  3. criminal violence by officialdom — wubble
  4. Pulling Faces — keith
  5. suethebastards — sue bastard