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Democracy Manifest Man Is Back!

More than three decades after his dramatic arrest outside Brisbane’s China Sea Restaurant, the man who became Australia’s most famous meme is out of hiding.

Jack Karlson became a viral sensation when a clip of his 1991 arrest and his over-the-top reaction caught the public’s imagination.

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“Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest!” he declared while being wrestled into a police car, adding, “Why did you do this to me? For what reason? What is the charge? Eating a meal? A succulent Chinese meal?”

Police thought Mr Democracy Manifest, as

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