Is this the correct way to handle the disabled?

[davidc4430]

Melbourne police captured on video taking down disability pensioner

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-03/melbourne-police-on-video-taking-down-disability-pensioner/959...

[chameleon54]

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@davidc4430wrote:

ok, so i watched the story on abc 7.30, it was quite sickening, watching it on a big screen.

and the man interviewed from the police, about as thick as 2 short planks.

all the excuses under the sun, but of course these cases were rare. well rare yes, only a few have been caught on video.

until the one with the disabled man was released he was fobbed off, nothing to see here folks. now suddenly everyone can see him brutalised on his front lawn its 'oh, we need to reinvestigate'.

and so because its being reinvestigated he wouldnt be able to discuss it. good out there.

my question is, what needs investigating? there is 6 police officers who need to be looking for new employment. but i suspect these are the kinds of police they want, ones that 'get the job done' regardless of how.

lets just hope no one records it huh?

so who was to know the guy had CCTV?

i bet someone somewhere is saying "and we would have gotten away with it if it wasnt for those pesky cameras!"

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We may not agree on politics David, but every word you have written on this thread is right on point. I have witnessed police attacking a distressed young person in a similar way. It was quite confronting and has really put me off wanting to have anything to do with Police ever again.

Thats a bit hard though when they surround your house and want to search it for an armed fugative as happened to our family last year or they regularly stop your vehicle each month, " just for a random breath test " Yeah right !!!    And no I have never been arrested or charged with anything in my life and never tested positive for anything at roadside tests.

The only thing I have done is try to help out a few wayward teenagers and try to point them in the right direction. On a few occasions this has involved going to known drug houses for various reasons.

 It just seems that there has been a major cultural change in our police force in the last ten years and it is getting worse not better. Jack boots have replaced diplomacy and narcasism has replaced common sense.

[davidc4430]

i heard on radio the abc is getting calls, lots of calls, from others who have felt the long arm of the unlawful police. and had complaints found unfounded allmost as quick as it took to make them.

[davidc4430]

'If you care, you're equipped': How to support someone who is suicidal

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-05/how-support-someone-who-is-suicidal/9505758

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you call the Victorian Police and they send their finest to 'take care' of said suicidal person with love and care.

[davidc4430]

Last night i watched an interview with the Victorian Minister of Police.

i havent found it online as yet.

she seemed to be living in some kind of bubble where these couple of examples of police gone bad videos were the only times Vic Police had ever done anything wrong (not that she was saying they had done anything wrong)

it was very much, nothing to see here, move along folks.

i think she has 'head in the sand' disease.

watching a very big man in a police uniform, stomping on the back and kicking the head of a handcuffed person on the floor, no matter what that person did is sickening!

once the suspect is under control, metting out abusive punishment should be a sacking offence, if not criminal.

[imastawka]

Three officers in this case have been suspended.

https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/four-police-officers-involved-in-brutality-claims-suspended...

Why only three when six were involved?

[travlyn2012]

It won't come as a shock to me if they are stood down of full pay.

A common practice in government departments.

[kopenhagen5]

Four officers in total stood down regarding 2 incidences.

https://www.9news.com.au/national/2018/04/06/15/35/victoria-police-four-officers-suspended-after-cct...

[domino-710]

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@kopenhagen5wrote:

Four officers in total stood down regarding 2 incidents.

https://www.9news.com.au/national/2018/04/06/15/35/victoria-police-four-officers-suspended-after-cct...

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Not nearly good enough.

Those that stood by and watched - are as guilty.

[kopenhagen5]

Maybe, I'm still waiting to hear the full story from both sides on 3 seperate incidences.

[davidc4430]

no, not good enough

however its more than were getting stood down before the video was put on TV for a lot of people to see.

we shouldnt need to get a video shown on TV to get police to do the right thing.

ive said the same thing about so many storys in the past where someone gets no help until they call a talkback radio station or go on TV and tell their story.

i hear the guy in charge of centrelink on radio regularly doing question and answer gigs, and by the end of each 20 minute segment hes got about 10 people hes promised to "look into ther case" or call back off air.

the poor sods have been shoved around from pillar to post by public servants and finally their last resort is phoning a talk back radio show and suddenly its 'oh my, thats not right, you leave you number and i'll see you right'

but we never do hear what happened.