From the Guardian - police state?

Video shows surveillance protesters bundled to ground by police

• Women arrested for challenging officer with no badge number
• Footage shows arresting officers binding Fit Watch pair's feet
• IPCC to receive video as concerns grow over police tactics

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• Paul Lewis
• guardian.co.uk, Sunday 21 June 2009 16.50 BST
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Two female protesters who challenged police officers for not displaying their badge numbers were bundled to the ground, arrested and held in prison for four days, according to an official complaint lodged today.

The incident was caught on camera, and footage shows officers standing on the women's feet and applying pressure to their necks immediately after the women attempted to photograph a fellow officer who had refused to give his badge number.