Dumb and violent - that's how police on duty during APEC have been described by a father of three thrown in jail for jaywalking in front of a motorcade.
52-year-old Greg McLeay was manhandled and jailed for 22 hours after crossing Pitt Street unaware of the precession or the fact it was a secure zone.
Cameron Murphy from the Civil Liberties Council says some police actions over the summit have been completely uncalled for.
“[It’s] absolutely unnecessary for the police to arrest someone in this way.”
“What we need is a little bit of tolerance and a bit of common sense from the police, if we had that I think we’ve have had a much more successful APEC weekend,” Mr Murphy said.
Meantime, police say 18 protestors were arrested relating to yesterday’s APEC demonstrations in the city.