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Protester considers legal action

Officer’s move at rally called ‘inappropriate’

By Maria Cramer

 |  Globe Staff  

  April 16, 2012

A protester confronted by a Boston police officer, who was photographed with his hand around the protester’s neck, is contemplating legal action. The protester, who gave the name Allie, said the officer’s hand was used to push and not choke. “He pushed me,’’ Allie said in a telephone interview Monday. “I turned to him and said don’t push me. … Then he got angry. He grabbed me by the neck and then pushed me by the neck.’’

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