Blind loyalty, to any group even if you are part of that group is harmful
And is the number one sign that group needs a better culture
Police should not investigate police
Yesterday in a NSW Court an officer faced a hearing, he's charged with neglect of duty
See he found a man who had been sexualy phoneing a woman he did not know
He was on parole
And should have been returned to prison
The Policeman warned him but did not research his criminal history
days after he sexualy assualted a 7 year old girl
I rest my case
Any defending because that man or any one, is part of a group you like is dangerous

Dear Is Mise,

Hardly old chap, rather I was just stating a series of facts, tellingly none of which you decided to contest.

Foxy, did you not hear the timeline of events that led to the shooting?
On the Wednesday before the event, two police went to the house where the man was staying, in order to arrest him. He threatened them with an axe, so they left.
Because of this, a special team was sent from Alice Springs to try and arrest him again. Of course they carried guns. You don’t go unarmed to arrest a man who has threatened police with an axe.
And bear in mind, many men in remote communities own rifles and shotguns. My late husband always had firearms, just as many bush people do. They are used for hunting and killing snakes and dangerous crocs and putting down severely injured animals. The police would be helpless in any situation that involved guns if they weren’t armed themselves.

Tend to agree with Big Nans it fact have seem massive crowds throw rocks and other things while trying to burn police cars
That took place after police chased kids in a stolen car on to the reservation
Police must be armed, this case is hopefully, going to tell us why the man died

Steele,

"Hardly old chap, rather I was just stating a series of facts, tellingly none of which you decided to contest."

Can you back up your 'facts'; hardly old chap.

I did not contest them because they have been proven fallacious plenty of times.

However, to help you in your quest, the following

"A major global report confirms gun-related homicides, suicides and accidents are falling in Australia after the introduction of anti-gun laws, and that the effect of such tough laws is similar elsewhere.

James Cook University Associate Professor Richard Franklin joined hundreds of academics and organisations around the world to produce the report, that looked at firearm deaths outside of war zones between 1990 and 2016.

“In Australia we went from 614 firearm deaths in 1990 to 274 in 2016. That’s a fall from 3.4 deaths per 100,000 people to 1 per 100,000 in 2016,” he said..."
http://www.jcu.edu.au/news/releases/2018/october/tough-laws-prevent-gun-deaths

One solution to having armed police in remote Aboriginal communities would be to not send in police at all, just let the Elders (who have scads of authority) sort it all out.

Hi there BIG NANA...

You've said it, dear lady, I couldn't have put it any better. I was a police officer for over 32 years, uniform and detective (NSW). And I was an ex-pro fighter when younger (with the Commissioner's permission). So generally speaking, I feard no man. But to confront an individual armed with an edged weapon, or axe, a club any weapon, while unarmed changes the whole dynamic considerably. Again I say, your comment was spot on, and I thank you for it.