Is Mise,

It is rather disturbing, but as always there are going to be two sides to the story. There is relevant footage on NineMSN, but it shows first the man quietly talking with police officers, and then skips to a rather violent looking arrest. What we don't see is exactly what matters - what happened between the quiet discussion and the violent arrest.

I am bothered by the length of time the man was held, and the apparent claim that he was not allowed to see a lawyer. Contrary to what the article says, the APEC laws do not allow the police to hold a person without bail until the end of APEC, they merely create a presumption against bail for certain offences (including assault). The decision about bail is made by a magistrate, not by the police. To my mind, the man should have been brought before a magistrate much sooner than he was.

This utterly disgusts me.

At no point was this man considered by Police to be a demonstrator. He was not with any mob. Frankly, he is not of 'Middle-Eastern' appearance. He WAS with a young boy and another man.

His 'crime' appears to be jaywalking!!

I cannot wait for that odious slimeball and his 600 odd (very odd) entourage to get to hell out of our Country!

Police arrested the wrong threat to our society.

Ginx,

If its Bush you are referring to, he left last night.

Dammit! JP, He KNEW I would post the above and decided to cut and run......

Ginx,

Heh, its obviously an international plot by the underpants gnomes!

Hmm, looks like we don't need the Chaser team to make the NSW police look incompetent, they're doing very nicely without any assistance..

It turns out that the bespectacled accountant who was skull-dragged off the road, strip-searched and tossed in a cell with an ice addict, just happened to be best mates with Miranda Devine. Divine Miranda is incandescent with rage, as you may read here http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/pumpedup-cops-are-stepping-over-the-thin-blue-line/2007/09/08/1188783556546.html After all, he's not some dreadlocked feral or be-turbaned Moslem who would deserve such treatment is he?

Farewell APEC, you've been a very informative guest, but don't come back.