The Offence of Publicly Threatening or Inciting Violence in NSW
Sunday, 11 December 2005 was a day of national shame for Australia. By midday, around 5,000 Anglo-Australians had converged on Cronulla beach to secure their ‘revenge’ against people of “Middle Eastern descent”, after an alleged altercation on 4 December 2005...
New Laws Against Police Brutality Introduced In the US
In the face of global condemnation, and the nation outraged over the death of George Floyd at the hands of police, the US Democrats have introduced sweeping legislation to hold officers accountable for their criminal conduct. Called the Justice in...
The Inherent Racism of Australian Police: An Interview With Policing Academic Amanda Porter
The Aboriginal Deaths in Custody movement has been reignited. Last weekend saw tens of thousands of people gather in capital cities and regional centres to protest the systemic violence in Australian policing and criminal justice systems that targets First Nations...
Family of First Nations Teen Subjected to “Brutal Police Assault” Demands Justice
“Our son is a typical teenage boy and he feels more at home with his peers,” said the mother of a First Nations teen, who was thrown face first onto the ground by a police officer on Monday. “He’s got...
Stop Police Brutality: NSW Police Officer Assaults Indigenous Teen
As groups of police officers in the United States put down their weapons and stood alongside protesters railing against the death of black men in custody, video footage emerged of an Indigenous teenager being thrown to the ground by a...
Uniting Against Police Brutality: Officer Murders Civilian on Busy Street
Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin knelt down upon the neck of George Floyd last Monday, as the African American man lay face down on the side of the road in broad daylight. The white cop continued to rest his body...
Officer Who Punched Teen in the Head Cleared of Misconduct
Questions are being as a result of Victorian Police refusing to release details that would explain why a female police officer has been cleared of any wrongdoing after punching a 15-year old girl in the head at a pro-marijuana rally....
Move On Orders in New South Wales: Quotas, Bias and Intoxication
As of 11 am on 9 May, NSW police officers had issued 1,198 COVID-19-related penalty infringement notices since 26 March. But, as Australian governments are beginning to gradually lift lockdown restrictions, officers are easing up on the issuing of the...
The Offence of Failing to Comply With a Public Health Order
It has been reported that at around 9.20am on Wednesday, 1 April 2020, a 41-year old woman from Queanbeyan in south eastern New South Wales was walking along a street in Cooma when she allegedly “stepped in front of another...
What is the Defence of Necessity?
Police have reported that just after 5pm on Friday, 27 March 2020, police sought to pull over an Audi case that was being driven on Greenacre Road in Greenacre, south-western Sydney. According to police, the vehicle accelerated to at least...
