Arresting deputy tells the AP his side of the story ...

... and you might be suprised by what he has to say: Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy James Mee told The Associated Press that he considered it a routine arrest and didn't take any comments made by Gibson seriously. -snip- Mee, who is Jewish, would not comment specifically on what Gibson said. "That stuff is booze talking," the deputy said in an interview outside his home. "There's two things that booze does. It amplifies your basic personality. If you are a laid-back kind of person, just an easy going kind of person, booze is going to amplify that and you'll be just sitting around going how it's a wonderful day. "But, if you are high-strung person, it's going to amplify that and all the bad things are going to come out." Mee said he has had a hard time sleeping since the arrest and is wary of speaking publicly about the incident. Mee said he has made hundreds of drunken driving arrests and considered Gibson's arrest routine. [full article.] These comments by Deputy Mee reveal a very different picture than the one that TMZ has been painting in its coverage. We'll have to remain patient as the truth gradually comes out. Remember, TMZ has repeatedly claimed that Deputy Mee was the main person that Mel Gibson offended during the arrest, and yet in this interview Deputy Mee says the arrest was "routine" and that he personally "didn't take any coments made by Gibson seriously." Technorati Tags: Apocalypto, Mel Gibson, James Mee