If You Visit NY From Another Country Be Aware Of The NYPD

Five men were shaken when they were taken off a sightseeing bus by heavily armed cops after a Gray Line worker called police to report the tourists seemed suspicious.

The men's hands were bound behind their backs and they were forced to kneel on a Broadway sidewalk between 50th and 51st Sts.


Mayor Bloomberg apologized yesterday to a the British tourists. "It turned out that these ... people did not present any threat whatsoever," Bloomberg said. "It's a shame, and I certainly apologize on behalf of the City of New York. We love tourists and we want them to keep coming here and feel that they ... can go around and enjoy the city."