Drasko Boljevic was abducted and terrorised on Sunday 16th Nov. 2006 : Melbourne Indymedia

In between 12 midday and 12.15pm, Sunday 16th November 2006, Drasko Boljevic, my partner, was paying for a drink at Foodworks minimart, 408 Swanston Street, in front of RMIT, whilst his friend Oakis was inside the store. Drasko was abducted by three bouncer-looking men dressed in casual clothes and violently taken into an unidentifiable white van, where another 5 of them help holding Drasko down and hand cuffed him with special plastic cuffs. Oakies heard some screams and went outside to see Drasko’s feet being carried into the unidentifiable van. He asked the abducters if they were policemen and they reply ‘get the fuck out of here, get the fuck out of this city’

The men did not identify themselves or informed Drasko why he was being abducted. He was told to ‘shout the fuck up’ and that he was a ‘fucking bastard’ and they will ‘bash him up and smash his face’, whilst violently holding his legs crossed at his back and pushing his head against the floor of the van and sitting on it. They drove around the city for about 10 minutes continuously terrorising him with this type of comments and physical force. They pulled his pants down, searched him and cut his backpack of his back. ‘I thought I was going to died, I could hardly breath and I didn’t know who these people were’, Drasko said later.
They stop at an ally way behind Flinders St Station and made him lie on the floor, with his pants still down, and look down, still shouting at him to ‘shut the fuck up’.

Some police detectives in casual clothes arrived and identified themselves. It was not until then, about 25 minutes after his abduction, that he was informed he was arrested, no reasons for the arrest were given. They took some photos of his face, front and profile with a mobile. Then, they took him into an unidentified car and he was taken to the 412 St Kilda Rd Police Station.

When at the Police Station, they asked him if he would behave violently or bite policemen or if he would cooperate, and took his handcuffs off. He started being interrogated and for the first time since the abduction he was told he was arrested for assaulting a policewoman at the G20 protest on Saturday.

Drasko was not in Melbourne on Saturday, he was on his way to Malmsbury, 1 hour away from Melbourne, were he played the part of an ‘Emu’ in a cabaret show at the Town Hall. Police said later that he was arrested ‘on the basis of his physical similarity with a suspect’.

At this point, about 2.00 it was apparent that they got the wrong person, and the Constable interrogating him told him he was about to be released, and that ‘if this was Croatia he wouldn’t be so lucky’. He was finally released at 2.35 pm.

After getting home in a state of shock and fear, Drasko realised he had a bruising in the right eyebrow (which is likely to become a black eye) and discomfort of the neck as immediate physical consequences of the violent way he was dealt with in the van.
Drasko contacted the Ethical performance and Standards Offfice, under the supervision of Senior Constable Neil Curtis (who dealt with the case in the last instance) to inform of his physical state. They told him that ‘he should understand that in these circumstances they (the abductors) can’t take any risks’ and that ‘they need to apply considerable force when dealing with violent suspects’.

Dear friends, state terrorism exist in Australia. We can say that this was a ‘bad mistake’ or that this ‘mistake’ can happen to any of us any day. This task force operation replicates torturing tactics used in the 70s in Argentina or in war time in Croatia, just to name a few.

What kind of liberties do we have as individuals? Is this a democracy gone with the wind? We should have the right to peacefully protest, if we believe it a way to demonstrate a view over the state of affairs. But above all, we shouldn’t be terrorised by a policy of ‘tough hunt’. Protesters or not, we are all people and I would like to believe that this country can still regain some dignity towards its citizens and residents.

With love, thank you for your support.
You can pass this e-mail on and let people know that this is a reality of Australia 2006.

I was coming out after giving a presentation at the social forum and heard this story. It is absolutely disturbing and disgusting and instantly made me think of Argentina where they abducted people put them in choppers and dropped them in the sea. 100s of them. Just like the cook.

Sue their fucking arses off!

At Hyde Park Sydney Olympics 2000 the did the same to me. Took me for a ride interigated me and then released me on the other side of town. German Media picked it up but no one took responsiblility. Move on powers they said? Dressed in costume?

"You can pass this e-mail on and let people know that this is a reality of Australia 2006"

Indeed. No doubt the author and his friend are lining up at Tullamarine at this very moment to return to their wonderful homeland from whence they came.

Please circulate this posting as far as possible. We look forward to a significant reduction in the queue of people seeking to make this police state their new home. Hopefully, they'll realise that where they are is much better ad they'll remain there and try to make it a better place.

Well done. Thankyou for this objective, balanced and not at all exaggerated account.

Actually Eddy, I think they live in Melbourne. This could happen to anyone, you just have to look like someone the police are after.

UCLA Police Taser Student in Library
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyvrqcxNIFs

Injustice on the Internet
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By Laura Taylor
Nov 21 2006
http://www.cornellsun.com/node/20111

Officer in Taser case identified
Terrence Duren, a 2001 UCLA officer of the year, has been the subject of
two other use-of-force complaints.
By Charles Proctor and Richard Winton, Times Staff Writers
November 21, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-taser21nov21,0,1459046.story?coll=la-home-headlines

Maybe if Mirko Bagaric received this sort of treatment he would stop all his criminal incitements to violence and division within the Au community.
I feel sorry for this guy and know a little of how he feels - after five chest X-rays! - but all of our readers must realize and know that four large policemen CAN be beaten to a pulp by one dangerous anarchist.

You gotta believe me. I've got a conviction about it.

but geez, that is a classic tale, that demonstrates how bizarre the social climate is in this nation today.

"Drasko was not in Melbourne on Saturday, he was on his way to Malmsbury, 1 hour away from Melbourne, were he played the part of an ‘Emu’ in a cabaret show at the Town Hall."

now that's what I call an allibi.
Have you got video footage of the cabaret show?

I sincerely hope that Drasko is not permanently scarred by this horrible ordeal; I'm sure it will take some time to come to grips with.

but really,
I want you to know how much I'm going to enjoy sharing this story far and wide.

I believe Drasko Boljevic should sue the police.
I believe that woman who was severely bashed in front of the Melbourne Museum should sue the police.
I believe we should keep suing them and tell them that we had enough!!

And we have to make them realize,
Wake up to the fact that they are there to protect us
But not to bash us!
They are there to arrest somebody like coWARd and Wolfowitz or whoever the real terrorists in power who never ever take any accountabilities of their crimes!!!!!!

I feel so pathetic even when a news like AWB paper showed coWARd was ready to join the invasion ONE YEAR before it actualy happened, I really wonder how many Aussie sheeple will pay enough attention to change the course of this country.

But we should not keep feeling depressed or powerless.
We should take whatever action we can take,
And let them know that we do not tolerate injustice!

Yes, it's important to spread the word,
But then what?
We've got to MAKE THEM KNOW that we do not tolerate anymore.

And we've got to approach any media outlet whenever this happens -- not only putting up an article here, but we've got to tell them straight away so that we wouldn't allow them to say, "Oh, nobody told us so we couldn't cover that story."

THEN, we can accuse them for their negligence as journalists.

Yeah you better get more public and get off your ass and sue them

I agree about suing people.

The police should not only charge that imbecile who smashed their vehicle and threw things at them, they should sue his arse off.

And sue the arses off the tools who assaulted them.

Let everyone sue each other and let the courts decide who's telling the truth and who's just after a quick buck.

The cops haven't sued enough of these trollops in the past, but I can tell you from an impeccable source; that's all about to change.

The community lawyers won't just be signing up to represent plaintiffs anymore - they'll be defending writs as well.

Let the games begin!!

Old enough to remember " The Hilton Bombing"
probably not.
Theres plenty to read about that fiasco that would come under the banner of a terrorist act.
You can start with Tim Anderson's book on the matter after reading the old newspaper headlines if there's any still available.
Plenty of violent history in this country, no need to worry about how it is / was somewhere else.
What we need is to put our energy into getting a peoples media outlet, Paper/tv station, like countries that have a more obvious ' controlled media' then the mushroom farm media of australia. After all preaching to the converted gets us nowhere, and although I will forward these articles to my redneck friends I doubt if they will read it, but a newspaper or tv?? yes yes they are habits that will work, make it look shallow and commercial and success will be certain.
R.I.P. The National Times.

You mean, this?

TERRY GRIFFITHS, NSW SENIOR CONSTABLE (RETIRED): The Hilton bomb exploded because no-one told my shift to prevent the garbagemen from emptying the bin in front of us.

BARRY HALL, COUNSEL FOR TERRY GRIFFITHS, 1982: We had information that the government somehow was involved, that ASIO was involved, the Special Branch was involved. There were suggestions that ASIO wanted this bomb to be discovered to, in a sense, justify its existence.
http://www.abc.net.au/gnt/history/Transcripts/s1202891.htm