Demonstrators at yesterday's 600-strong protest outside
parliament at a state luncheon for visiting Australian
premier John Howard say police were heavy-handed and
aggressive.
Three of the five people arrested are leading
members of the Anti-Capitalist Alliance in Wellington.
Eyewitnesses say several of the arrested men were jumped on
unexpectedly from behind by police, while marching along the
street. One man was lifted into the air by several police
and thrown forcefully to the ground; much of this was
captured on video.
The excessive use of force comes just
weeks after twenty-three people, who were arrested outside a
protest at the US Embassy, received very rough handling by
police.
While Helen Clark tries to distance herself from
Bush's war plans, it is clear from the warm welcome she gave
Howard, and the actions of the police, that the Labour
government wants to silence the growing antiwar movement.
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