He filmed the crowd at the country’s largest protest in Shanghai on Wulumuqi Middle Road on Sunday. Footage widely circulated on social media showed several police officers grabbing Mr Lawrence and pinning him to the ground. The BBC said he was punched and kicked by police officers and then taken away in handcuffs.
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