A segment from a Ricky Gervais sketch was introduced as evidence during a hearing at Sydney's Downing Centre.
Daniel Muston, 41, Ryan Peter Marshall, 31, and Anthony Raymond Mitchell, 32, were charged after allegedly performing the salute near the museum in inner-city Darlinghurst on October 13, 2023.
During an interview with NSW Police, Mitchell made multiple references to a performance by British comedian Ricky Gervais - a segment of which was introduced as evidence during a hearing at Sydney's Downing Centre today. Mitchell told police he was mimicking what Gervais had done in the comedy skit after seeing it on Netflix, prosecutors told the court.
Later the same day, a body-worn camera captured police arresting the men at a nearby construction site for offensive conduct, with one of the officers asking: "you guys were just outside the Jewish museum giving Hitler salutes?""We were all just joking around," Mitchell said, according to the police camera footage.Muston tells the officers that people make jokes all the time and that people have become "too sensitive".
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