Dear Joe,

The police were cleared of all charges concerning
TJ Hickey's tragic death despite witnesses having
seen a police car clip his bike as it chased him
and it caused his impalement. Paul is right. It is
a perfect example of why police should not investigate
police actions. Going against police procedure they removed
his body from the fence - and even sent away the police
emergency vehicle. Finally an ambulance did arrive. TJ died the
next day. No surprises there. No wonder the family is still
distraught.

But hey, it's all an anti-police Aboriginal plot.
How could the police possibly be guilty -
we all know what these blackfellas get up to -
right Joe?

Joe, I was in Redfern at the time, I know exactly what happened, where were you? Did you get your account from those white protectors you bang on about?

Often the police for a bit of sport would pursue aboriginal children through the streets of Redfern. I dare say the kids seen it as a bit of a lark as well, get away from the coppers and all that. In this case things went wrong and a young man lost his life. That was not the intention of the police. My point is the police closed ranks around the two officers involved, panicked, fabricated a story of no pursuit. They failed to investigate properly, no doubt to protect the careers of their fellow officers. It should never have happened, it was a stupid thing to do, the young coppers should have been more responsible in their actions.

If you are so knowledgeable of the incident, answer this, and its never been answered satisfactorily, you admit there was a pursuit to a point, why were the coppers in pursuit of T.J. Calling it "surveillance" is what the coppers called it. That is straight out of the old press reports of the time, what crime did they suspect had been committed by the kid?.

'How could the police possibly be guilty -
we all know what these blackfellas get up to -
right Joe?'

yep certainly if you have lived with them. We all know the black armed narrative that abc/nitv etc will always look to present don't we Foxy. Those hoorible men and women who are often called to violent situations only to be spat at and become punching bags. Then again you know better eh Foxy.

runner,

In this case - I do know better.

And you too should not defend the actions
of the indefensible. It gives good police officers
a bad name - and there are many good police officers
as we know. But denying the existence of rotten apples
in the force does not do one any credit.

Paul & Foxy,

My limited understanding of the incident is that the police stopped a hundred metres from where T.J. Hickey was killed. Is that so ?

Joe

Dear Joe,

No!