A protest T-shirt has been produced objecting to police action during a night of violence.

It features a photograph of a policeman allegedly gritting his teeth in an aggressive pose and was taken by residents at the height of Friday's troubles in Whitehawk, Brighton. It carries the logo: Bang Out of Order.

Cleaner Ken Nicol, 34, said he had one of the pictures he took on the night printed onto a T-shirt after he and other local people felt police overreacted to the situation. When others saw it they asked him if they could have one and he now plans to have up to 20 T-shirts printed at a cost of £10 each.

Mr Nicol, a father of five from Haybourne Close, did not take part in the violence and, as well as taking pictures, said he made repeated appeals to the police to end the confrontation by withdrawing.

He claimed he had to plead with senior police officers to send a paramedic in to tend to Kelly White after she was bitten by a police dog. Mr Nicol said: "The T-shirts are to make the point that people feel the police overreacted on Friday. Everyone who was involved is extremely sorry about what happened and they now regret being there."

A Sussex Police spokeswoman said: "We are aware that this T-shirt has been printed and that is up to the individual concerned. There is nothing that we can do to stop him although it is possible the T-shirt will incite people to cause more trouble.

Police made 14 arrests as a result of the trouble and eight adults have already appeared in court charged with public order offences. Kemp Town MP Des Turner has called for a police report into the incident, which began in Whitehawk Way at 6.15pm after a fight between youths who had been drinking.

In the aftermath of the violence, local residents praised the police action and said they repeatedly asked them to take action against violent and anti-social behaviour by a minority of youths on the estate.