SAKAI insisted that his several comrades who carried red flags were simply on their way home with the flags rolled up in order to make them inconspicuous when the policemen jumped onto them and turned to violence.
堺は、赤旗を持っていた数名は目立たぬように旗を巻いて帰路に就こうとしたのに、躍り出た警官が暴力に訴えたと主張。