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The anti-Tour protest group retreats from the Red Squad baton charge as it passes the overturned unmarked police car and arrives at Dominion Rd
John MercerSeptember 12, 1981
Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
Auckland, New Zealand
Black and white photograph of a crowd of anti-Springbok tour protesters and riot police officers running up Onslow Road. An overturned car is lying on the road.
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- Title: The anti-Tour protest group retreats from the Red Squad baton charge as it passes the overturned unmarked police car and arrives at Dominion Rd
- 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: Racism, Protest movements., Anti-apartheid movements--New Zealand, Springbok Tour (1981 : New Zealand), Discrimination in sports
- 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: BC9-66 Cnr Onslow and Dominion 12th Sept 1981. The protest group retreat from the Red Squad baton charge as it arrives at Dominion Rd. Around the corner to the left, beyond the overturned unmarked police car, several Red Squad officers burst through a boundary hedge and beat two protest clowns hiding behind the hedge to the ground – as Senior police commanders and protest marshals become aware of this brutal incident it is clear that to them that it is time to stop the street battle immediately. I follow the police lines up Onslow Rd towards Dominion Rd.
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