Lescarbeau asked if the cop could hear what Popovic was saying to people. He could not. The cop also agreed there were others observing the demo. The lawyer reminded the cop that Popovic s conditions allow him to be at demos. The cop claimed he was arrested with due process.
Several witnesses say that the undercover police refused to identify themselves.
The police code of conduct obliges them to do so, if asked. Popovic then declared that he arrived at the demo with a camera, in order to film the police s intervention, and that doing so tends to reduce police violence. He considered himself a fairly passive participant. A while before he was arrested, Sgt-Detective Alain Richard had pointed him out. After being placed under arrest, he was brought by Sgt-Detective Richard, and Popovic asked him if he was happy that he was under arrest.