Maybe Jussie Smollet should be called in for his 'expertise'.

Hi Foxy,

I recall the "Redfern Riots" back in 2004, following the death of a local aboriginal boy T.J. Hickey. He was impaled on a steel fence, the boy was being chased by police without just cause, the police officers involved claimed that they were not chasing T.J., this was later proven to be a lie on those officers part, although police had investigated police without interviewing eye witnesses. The local coppers simply for sport would often chase local kids without provocation. The question at the time was asked would the coppers chase kids around leafy Turramurra without provocation. It was a case of the coppers protecting their own.

I don't know why I read the news articles.
It's like there's a new level of stupid every day.

If police investigating police is bad then check this one out:

- So we keep this foreign refugee on an island for 7 years and he writes a book, and then we give him our nations highest literary prize.
And then he moves to New Zealand.

http://www.news.com.au/world/breaking-news/iranian-author-held-on-manus-arrives-in-nz/news-story/9f20b099ac524ed813c8a379d77c8e2a

Maybe the stupid has been going on all along and I just wasn't paying as much attention before.
Here's a question I'll probably regret asking.
Are we a nation of idiots?

Paul,

You rely on people's lack of memory. The police car had followed T. J. Hickey on his bike until it came to a road blockage, and discontinued the surveillance. T. J. Hickey continued riding fast down-hill, as far as I can tell, and smack bang into the iron fence and impaled himself on it. A dreadful tragedy, but not involving any police.

Perhaps you know better ?

Joe

Let's get real about this recent case: of course there will be a trial. The truth will hopefully come out there.

As for being bailed, surely nobody thinks that the police officer charged will skip the country ? He'll turn up at the trial, as he is obviously required to do.

But I can see why some people want him found guilty now, dragged out and lynched. They've already found him guilty, so why waste time and money on a trial ?

Let's wait and see.

Joe

An independent and impartial tribunal is a good idea providing that some of its members have been at the coal face and can tell the difference between making a spli-second decision and judging with the leisure of hindsight.