Aussie police injure 70 yr old woman at Cheney protest

Way to go guys - protect war criminals and abuse old ladies.

[A group of about 100 protesters] carried a banner which read: "Chain up Cheney, free David Hicks."

Leading a three-person counter-demonstration was former Young Liberal John Ruddick, who came out to support Mr Cheney with a $1200 banner that read: "The world needs more people like Dick Cheney. We love America."

I think it's safe to say that they were PAID to do it.

The anti-Iraq war demonstrators were noisy but peaceful until police moved in to arrest two women dressed in blue overalls mimicking police uniforms.

"The police tried to single out the two who were wearing uniforms and the two ran into the crowd," protester John Graham said.

Demonstrators said the women were part of a group known as the Tranny Cops and regularly attended demonstrations.

"It was completely unprovoked ... she was part of a street theatre performance," Stop The War Coalition spokesman Paddy Gibson said.

Protester Marie McKern, 70, was treated by ambulance officers after being caught in the melee. She was taken to Sydney Hospital and discharged a few hours later.

"I was just listening to the speeches and someone said the police had walked forward," she said. "I thought they tried to arrest someone. I got pushed down on to the ground, then there were feet and a policeman's buttocks on my head and I couldn't get up."

She was helped to the ambulance by former Guantanamo Bay inmate Mamdouh Habib, who also addressed the rally.

This is just classic.

She gets stepped on a sat on by uniformed men who are supposedly paid to protect her - then she's helped up by a man who was locked up because he was supposedly a threat.

Can it get anymore ironic than this?