414_43 substantive_scope 43. <10> The film showed that a police officer who was guarding the car park barrier in question immediately tried to stop the applicant and the other persons from handcuffing themselves to the barrier’s rails. Other police officers rushed in to help him, but the applicant and the other three persons BUMBEȘ v. ROMANIA JUDGMENT 3succeeded in attaching themselves to the rails and holding up signs reading “Save Roșia Montană” and “United to save Roșia Montană” (Uniţi pentru a salva Roșia Montană). The applicant and the other persons were completely silent throughout almost the entire duration of the event. The handcuffs of two of the participants were detached from the barrier’s rails very quickly but the applicant’s and one other participant’s handcuffs could not be removed as quickly because the applicant complained that the process was hurting his arm.