157_25 interference 25. <5> On 1 May 2002 the applicant participated in a public gathering. At around 12 noon the applicant and six other persons were apprehended by the police and put in a police vehicle. According to the applicant, the arrest was carried out in a brutal manner: police officers twisted his fingers, gave him several blows on his back and legs and put him face down against the floor of the police vehicle. According to the police reports of 1 May 2002, the applicant was inebriated and violently resisted the police.