Need witness-March 20 SF Protests at Fremont/101 Exit

Need witness-March 20 SF Protests at Fremont/101 Exit

Freedom of speech means nothing if the police can beat you for it!

During the SF protests on March 20 at the Fremont/101 Exit (at around 6:30 pm), I was beaten by a police officer after saying the simple words "peaceful protest". I was lying in the street for quite some time as I recovered from the beating and was able to eventually limp away.

To help prevent this from happening again, I am planning on persuing legal action. For this I need information!

I am looking for anyone who has any information about this incident. There were some people on 101 looking down while I was lying in the street and there was a very large crowd around during the incident. Does anyone have any information? A photograph of the beating or a witness who saw the beating or saw the police officer's badge would be particularly helpful. ANY information would be helpful.

This incident happened at the bottom of the Fremont/101 exit ramp at around 6:30 pm (I wasn't in the exit ramp, but was in the street). After being beaten, another protestor (thank god) pulled me away from the cops and held me while I recovered. There was another person laying in the street a bit away from me at the same time as I was laying in the street recovering.

Help me to keep the police from beating more peaceful protestors; if you have any information please contact me at peacefulcheryl [at] yahoo.com.

Also, if you suffered any police beating during the protests, contact me and perhaps we can form a class action or pool our resources and stories.

-Cheryl
peacefulcheryl [at] yahoo.com