Tag Archives: NSW Police

NSW cop stands by Aboriginal punch story

By Tracker, February 28, 2013

NEW SOUTH WALES: The police officer who accused an Aboriginal man of punching him says his original version of events was true, even though other officers now concede the attack never happened.

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Two cops admit Aboriginal man didn’t punch

By Tracker, February 27, 2013
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NEW SOUTH WALES: Two more officers involved in the prosecution of a young Aboriginal man accused of assaulting police have now conceded he never threw a punch.

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Aboriginal man denied fair treatment: PIC

By Tracker, February 26, 2013
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NATIONAL: A senior officer of 25 years made a series of blunders over the custody of a young Aboriginal man who was beaten by police and wrongly accused of assaulting them.

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Aboriginal man did not assault police: cop

By Tracker, February 22, 2013
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NEW SOUTH WALES: A policeman who admits he wrongly accused an Aboriginal man of assault says he and other officers shared their accounts of the incident before he prepared his official statement.

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Aboriginal man had police assault record: PIC

By Tracker, February 20, 2013

NEW SOUTH WALES: A young Aboriginal man who was allegedly bashed and falsely accused by police had assaulted an officer less than a year before, a police misconduct inquiry has been told.

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Cops taunted Aboriginal man: PIC

By Tracker, February 20, 2013
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NEW SOUTH WALES: NSW police accused of bashing a young Aboriginal man in custody also taunted him by making a lewd gesture behind his mother’s back when she came to the police station, an inquiry has heard.

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Call for police to lose Tasers

By Tracker, November 19, 2012

NEW SOUTH WALES: Zapping people with Tasers is often just “lazy policing” and highlights the need to take the stun weapons away from frontline officers, a social justice group says.

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A long relationship with the thin blue line

By Tracker, June 5, 2012
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NATIONAL: MICHAEL BRULL* revisits the history of Aboriginal-police relations.

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EDITORIAL OPINION: May 2012

By Amy McQuire, May 28, 2012

NATIONAL: The graphic footage showing two Aboriginal teenagers being forced onto the pavement after being shot in Kings Cross this month has understandably raised the ire of a community – both black and white.

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Family hope Naden’s story will finally be told

By Amy McQuire, April 3, 2012
Malcolm Naden is escorted by corrective services officers after being charged and appearing at Taree Local Court earlier this year. (AAP IMAGE).

NEW SOUTH WALES: It’s the news we’ve been waiting seven years to hear.

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