On a brisk spring day in 1988, a police student named “Helle” set out on patrol in Nørrebro, expecting to encounter a series of seemingly innocuous house shows. What she encountered, however, was far from ordinary: a violent clash with a group of BZ activists that would change her life forever.
Helle endured a brutal beating that left her grappling with post-traumatic stress syndrome and a spinal cord injury. Years later, she would discover from an unnamed journalist that one of her assailants had emerged from that chaotic day to embark on a political career as a parliamentary politician. Such revelations only deepen the complexities of her experience, intertwining personal trauma with the unfolding narrative of public life.
