APEC Police gently tickle protester's ribs

Police at the Sydney APEC protest subdue a man and then keep subduing him with their fists. (Clip from ABC TV news, reproduced according to the fair use provisions of the relevant Act.)

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• Sydney
• APEC
• protest
• police
• violence

[TrainedNqualified]

This is an example of Police Corruption in the state of NSW. They've probably never even heard of occams razor - not to mention the long two-edged sword of the tongue. To them it's just another forgetful face they can abuse unjustly - to others that person is a scroll of life a combined molecular chemistry that he inherited from his mum and dad.

[anonleft]

It's very simple. The police can use reasonable force to arrest someone. Once he's restrained (as the man in this video clearly was by the other police), that's it. No punching them just to make the officer feel better.

Punishment is supposed to be administered by the courts, not by the police.

[techlogi7]

Cause its fun to bash hippies :P

[newtonmeters]

Hey, I bet those cops sat there all day getting harrassed by hippy protesters, who don't even know what they're protesting,

getting people trying to push through there lines..

Can you blame them them, who wouldn't "tickle" their ribs if they spat at , or pushed you?

[ruuku00black]

@kenunderhull i think u need to actually research the things ur saying. most cops do NOT come from university, i have a friend in the police and he tells me how some of his fellow officer's are, 1 he works with is a fully flegged racist, only 2 out of 10 have come from university. and they are almost all clueless about the actually law system, only a few of them knew the difference between a statue and a law, its probably the most basic priciple of the law system, i know this so why dont they?

[ruuku00black]

@techlogi7 your an imbecile, that IS a fact.

[ruuku00black]

@newtonmeters how can u say that? if ur a punter on the street and some other dude pushes and spits at u then yea u 'tickle his rips' but if u are an officer of law then u MUST have restraint if u have no retraint then u are not upholding law. we are not fucking medievil any more! i mean how long is it gna take before people realise the fear tactic doesnt do ANY!!!! good. it just makes people want to retaliate. if u cant calmly deal with rude protesters then u are not worthy of authority. FACT.

[shiyboy4]

@cyanideisabitterpill yes i read about him in the paper, wat an asshole for giving the NSW police a black eye, he deserves wat he got, but he is just one man, it doesnt mean they are all corrupt.

infact wat i should of said is ull find less in the NSW police.

[shiyboy4]

@TrainedNqualified ur a dick and u dont know wat ur talking about, u dont know what happened hereu wernt there u dont know wat happened from start to finnish, for all u know that guy was being extremely dangerous and aggresive, put urself in the cops shoes imagine the stress of the situation, people are getting aggresive at u and ur outnumbered. so stop being a twat, and just to let u know NSW police is one of the hardest in the world to get into ur not gonna find any corruption there.

[kingbillyist]

When those dogs got me back in the bus they flogged me twice more. Why was the pig who is clearly seen laying into me not charged?

[Spirit00Rain]

they are hitting him! not tickle ?

[portsanity]

@kenunderhull Most cops in Britain do not have university degrees,they are people that couldn't earn £25.000pa anywhere else and many of those cops will be happy to tell you that they will do ANYTHING for £25..000.

This will even stretch to covering crimes up committed by their own,such as giving a police officer a caution for having sex with a child!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!