DENMARK: DANISH NEWSPAPER REPORTER ALLEGES POLICE ACTED WITH BRUTALITY DURING POLISH CITY DISTURBANCES
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DENMARK: DANISH NEWSPAPER REPORTER ALLEGES POLICE ACTED WITH BRUTALITY DURING POLISH CITY DISTURBANCES
- Title: DENMARK: DANISH NEWSPAPER REPORTER ALLEGES POLICE ACTED WITH BRUTALITY DURING POLISH CITY DISTURBANCES
- Date: 20th December 1970
- Summary: 1. MV Jacob Andersen and interviewer 0.10 2. MV Ditto 1.22 TRANSCRIPT: SEQ. 2: REPORTER: Mr. Andersen, you were in Sczezcin among other places. What did you see? ANDERSEN: We had an hotel room and before we had got our overcoats off we heard the police cars int he streets. We rushed out and within two minutes we were in the middle of the battle. The centre of the battle. The police had formed groups consisting of ten to fifteen men and they rushed through the streets and knocked every body down. It was not demonstrators, it was blameless people who walked along the houses and so on, and they were beaten up and they were knocked down, I saw -- old women, children, screaming young girls and so on and son on and so on. I have never seen such brutality, not even on television, I think. REPORTER: When did that take place? ANDERSEN: It was Thursday night. REPORTER: Do you think it was organised, on the part of the police? ANDERSEN: My impression is that it was a very well organised action, and they didn't act in panic. They acted like a well-greased beating up machines. Initials PBS/DW/OS/234 PBS/DW/OS/237 Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 3rd January 1971 13:00
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- Location: COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
- Country: Denmark
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