A plainclothes officer has apologized to the Ekstra Bladet photographer who was hit by a police baton.
Two photographers were struck by police batons during a demonstration yesterday. One had to go to the emergency room.
Anthon Unger's own footage from the demonstration. 29 min. ago
The plainclothes officer who yesterday struck Ekstra Bladet's photographer Anthon Unger with his baton during a demonstration in Copenhagen has apologized.
Anthon Unger tells DR News this himself.
- We had a really good talk, the photographer says.
Read also: Two photographers reported struck with police batons during demonstration ( https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/fotografer-meldes-slaaet-med-politistave-under-demonstration )
He also says there are "no hard feelings" between him and the officer in question, but that there is "of course" a general problem in that "the police hit the press."
Yesterday, Copenhagen Police said they could neither confirm nor deny that two photographers had been struck.
Today, Deputy Police Inspector Jakob Hansen from Copenhagen Police says:
- We need to investigate various things about the course of events, and therefore we have no further comments at this time.
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Two photographers hit by batons
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The incident took place when the right-wing grassroots movement Det Danske Folk held a demonstration in Copenhagen, which was met by several counter-demonstrations.
A photographer from Politiken was also struck by police batons during the event. The Politiken photographer subsequently had to go to the emergency room.
It did not go that badly for Anthon Unger, although he cannot deny a sore arm today.
- I met a man who knew his craft with a baton. It hurts a bit today, says Anthon Unger.
Watch the video where Anthon Unger is hit by a police baton. Photo: Anthon Unger, Ekstra Bladet.
Could you have positioned yourself differently or done something else to avoid the blow?
- I feel that I positioned myself correctly. I had to stand right there to get the very best picture, and I would have made that choice again tomorrow, says Unger, pointing out that he was wearing his press card around his neck.
- I'm standing there with two large cameras and have a press card around my neck. I can't show any more clearly that I'm part of the press.
He describes the officers as "very pressured" in the situation, because they were facing a large group of demonstrators.
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Editors-in-chief will report the police
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The blows against both Anthon Unger and the Politiken photographer have been met with condemnation from both Ekstra Bladet editor Knud Brix and Politiken editor-in-chief Christian Jensen.
Both have said they will report the strikes against their photographers.
- I cannot see it as anything other than an attempt by the police to prevent the press's completely legitimate work, and I view that with the deepest seriousness, says Christian Jensen to Ekstra Bladet. ( https://ekstrabladet.dk/nyheder/samfund/fotografer-angrebet-af-politiet-dybt-alvorligt/11324245 )
Yesterday, the Danish Union of Press Photographers also came with harsh criticism of the police.
- I have seen the video of the Ekstra Bladet photographer being attacked, and it seems rather strange that the police cannot tell the difference between demonstrators and a photographer, says Cæciliie Philipa Vibe Pedersen, who is deputy chair of the union.
- Of course our members must be able to cover a demonstration without being struck.
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