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Stuff visual journalist witnessed the alleged assault, describing it as a “shoulder charge”. He said Skinner approached a set of side-doors which the protester was chained to, one which requires a key-card to access, and “deliberately” pushed the woman, before making apologies and saying he had not seen her.
Extinction Rebellion Whakatū protesters Yasmeen Jones-Chollet, left and a fellow protester with Nelson City Councillor Tim Skinner. Extinction Rebellion member Jynette Parker, who was at the protest, described the incident as “aggressive pushing”. “A member of the Nelson council pushed one of our elderly protesters,” she said. “It was quite nasty, actually. We have been to the police about it . She was very shaken up, if she hadn t been tied on [to the doors] she would have been hurt, he would have pushed her onto the ground.”