ANOTHER new G20 arrest

[kurohata]

from: www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22901938-12377,00.html

i heard this on the radio and as of now can only find it online on the australian website.

"Man arrested over G20 violence
December 10, 2007

A QUEENSLAND man today became the 28th person arrested in relation to violent protests outside the G20 economic summit in Melbourne last year.

The 37-year-old man, from the inner Brisbane suburb of Highgate Hill, was arrested by Queensland Police on behalf of officers in Victoria and charged with riot, a Victoria Police spokeswoman said.

The man was arrested at an address in Highgate Hill.

He will make his own way to Victoria to face a hearing at the Melbourne Magistrates' Court on Friday.

Police expect to lay further charges against him.

The man was arrested as part of Operation Salver, which was formed to investigate violence at the G20 protests in Melbourne in November last year.

At the time, police Chief Commissioner Christine Nixon described the level of violence at the protests as the worst seen in Melbourne since the demonstrations outside the World Economic Forum at Crown casino in 2000.

Ten police were injured in the G20 protests and seven protesters were arrested at the demonstrations. "

[championruby]

Violent my arse. That's Paul Hood they're talking about. I went to court this morning for a solidarity action for him but left early. Around ten people. That fella's a committed activist, but he's not violent. At APEC he was arrested for squrting tomato sauce at some cops and was done for "assault on a police officer".

I'll have some more details when I give my mate Y. a ring in the morning. Keep you posted.

[kurohata]

Cheers for the info.

[agentsaboteur]

Ten police were injured in the G20 protests

Despite the fact the worst injury was a broken wrist and a bite?
The police are milking this for all its worth and its complete bullshit and its for two reasons:
1. The police union have used G20 for political purposes in the hopes that police can get better pay.
2. They are cracking down on dissent as more people are becoming politically aware and are slowly turning Australia into a police state.

[wolfetone]

oh i dont know...
sore fingers are pretty serious you know.
the concerns are probably valid.
i mean tomato sauce, who knows it could of been anthrax.

this is ridiculous.
why is it that everybody is so naive.

[gabs]

From as much as i've heard, it wasn't even a riot, nor a violent protest.. didn't only a handful of windows get broken? and only the most minor of injuries to the police?

It's stupid.. fucking police state australia..

[agentsaboteur]

lol anthrax, if anyones going to use anthrax its going to be the cops sticking it their tear gas canisters. In other news, the childrens court concerning activists under the age of 18 is being postponed till early next year.
p.s gabs i like your signiture very much

[championruby]

G20 was slightly more hardcore than a few broken windows... mmmmm. Yeah, there was a large black bloc, Arterial Bloc that really got the cops sweating.

Just on Paul, he finally got bail, but he has to travel down to Melbourne to face court, whicch is a real bummer. We're still not to clear what the exact charges are, and nor is he. It's just a good job he had support which called a good lawyer, or they would have taken him down in a black van today.