As the anti-Tour protestors retreat from the Red Squad baton charge, regular police officers begin to form a cordon across the Marlborough St & Dominion Rd intersection

John MercerSeptember 12, 1981

Black and white photograph of an overturned car on Onslow Road during the anti-Springbok tour protests. Mount Eden is visible in the background.

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Title: As the anti-Tour protestors retreat from the Red Squad baton charge, regular police officers begin to form a cordon across the Marlborough St & Dominion Rd intersection
Creator: John Mercer
Creator Lifespan: b. 1949
Creator Nationality: New Zealander
Creator Birth Place: New Plymouth, New Zealand
Date Created: September 12, 1981
Location: Mount Eden (Auckland, N.Z.)
Physical Dimensions: 35 mm frame
Subject Keywords: Rugby football--Political aspects--New Zealand, Racism in sports, Protest movements--New Zealand, Rugby football--Political aspects--South Africa, Anti-apartheid movements--New Zealand
Type: Negative
Rights: All rights reserved
External Link: Auckland Museum: Collections Online
Support: Polyester
Wikipedia: Auckland Museum on Wikipedia
Process: Gelatin silver
Notes: Inscribed on print verso: BC9-68 Cnr Onslow. 12th September 1981. With the protest group retreating from the Red Squad baton charge, regular police officers begin to form a cordon across the Marlborough St & Dominion Rd intersection. Around the corner to the left, beyond the overturned unmarked police car, lie the two batoned and beaten protest clowns. Awareness of this incident meant police commanders and protest marshals acted quickly to stop further punitive actions, turn control of the streets back to the police and for the protesters to be allowed/assisted to make an orderly and complete withdrawal from the area. I arrive on Dominion Rd.

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