The Vice President of Beijing Olympic Committee is speaking, as a pro-Tibet protester starts waving a banner... then the police drag her and her partner off...!
Just to give some context to this, she had been throwing missiles at the speaker - she was not arrested just for unfurling this banner... she had thrown a large Tibet flag that hit the speaker and he just carried on speaking... she was not going to stop so the police moved in...
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The woman involved in this video later got in touch with me via youtube and said this:
"Hi , I am the women you filmed yesterday , you missed what happened before ,I had already waved two flags which were whipped out of my hands by someone in the crowd ,and I did not throw a flag at anyone , I am sure if I had I would of been arrested , as it was they just let us off and escorted us away, please could you amend ,what you say about that film as it is not correct, it was a none violent protest, I would not of thrown anything as that would of been provocative . it seemed to me an odd thing what you said as I could not work out if you were for or against the protest, yours sincerly Sarah"
Of course, I had to start filming at some point and I had already tried to place the video in context. The police did not arrest her only for the banner unfurling seen in the video. However, I am certain she had thrown at least the Tibetan flag at the speaker and my memory is backed up by some other comments here, so I don't think I am mistaken. I changed the title to be detained rather than arrested, as I realise there is a difference between being led away and getting a talking to from the police - and actually being arrested and charged.
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