Mardi Gras police brutality

SparkySpitfire · 06-03-2013 01:57AM #1

I would take the time to be shocked, but unfortunately I'm not.

Edit: Here's the ABC news article - http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-06/claims-of-police-brutality-at-mardi-gras-parade/4554958

I did do a search but couldn't find anything... But if it's been discussed before just let this thread die/be deleted.

Boombastic · 06-03-2013 01:59AM

Probably because they are having it in the middle of lent, the lord struck them down

Mardi gras is French for Fat Tuesday, referring to the practice of the last night of eating richer, fatty foods before the ritual fasting of the Lenten season, which begins on Ash Wednesday. The day is sometimes referred to as Shrove Tuesday

jugger0 · 06-03-2013 02:20AM

Hot pants on a lad...

Good job officer

SparkySpitfire · 06-03-2013 02:23AM

jugger0 wrote: »

Hot pants on a lad...

Good job officer

Pretty sure it was a gay/lesbian event.

Gatling · 06-03-2013 02:28AM

Where's the brutality ,some slapper screaming about internal injuries and blood on the pavement ,bunch of tree hugging bleeding heart vegans ,

Old Perry · 06-03-2013 02:33AM

SparkySpitfire wrote: »

Pretty sure it was a gay/lesbian event.

Pretty sure it's not

Boombastic · 06-03-2013 02:36AM

Tis too

The Sydney Mardi Gras is an annual LGBT pride parade and festival in Sydney, Australia, attended by hundreds of thousands of people from around Australia

SparkySpitfire · 06-03-2013 02:37AM

Old Perry wrote: »

Pretty sure it's not

Not mardi gras itself, this particular event. I read in one of the news articles that the gay/lesbian community was "up in arms" over the video, why would they have been if it wasn't a gay/lesbian event?

jugger0 · 06-03-2013 02:44AM

SparkySpitfire wrote: »

Pretty sure it was a gay/lesbian event.

Yeah i could tell by the hotpants and crying alright.

Lapin · 06-03-2013 02:54AM

SparkySpitfire wrote: »

Pretty sure it was a gay/lesbian event.

Old Perry wrote: »

Pretty sure it's not

Doesn't matter.

Hotpants on a bloke is just wrong wrong wrong.

AngryHippie · 06-03-2013 03:00AM

Video shows shag all really.

What was the guy being arrested for (fashion crimes aside)?

I've seen worse in the Valley on any given Saturday night. Cops don't take any sh1t, they really shouldn't have to either. sure, every now and again, someone gets a dislocated shoulder or a concussion.

I don't think it was that brutal.

RobbingBandit · 06-03-2013 03:05AM

Mardi Gras only happens in New Orleans, anywhere else is a ripoff:p

ColeTrain · 06-03-2013 03:07AM

I just feel sorry for my Irish brothers and sisters out there having to associate with them wild aussies. They seem to be out of control judging by that clip.

fasttalkerchat · 06-03-2013 03:15AM

That's shocking. Is it being treated as a homophobic attack or am I jumping to conclusions?
And I see they picked up an old RUC tactic:

This morning New South Wales Police released a statement saying they had charged the man with assaulting police, resisting arrest and using offensive language.

fasttalkerchat · 06-03-2013 03:16AM

AngryHippie wrote: »

Video shows shag all really.

What was the guy being arrested for (fashion crimes aside)?

I've seen worse in the Valley on any given Saturday night. Cops don't take any sh1t, they really shouldn't have to either. sure, every now and again, someone gets a dislocated shoulder or a concussion.

I don't think it was that brutal.

The police seem to have forgotten what the original arrest was for by the time it came to charging him.

smileyj1987 · 06-03-2013 03:17AM

Thats why you don't fcuk with the police !

AngryHippie · 06-03-2013 03:17AM

fasttalkerchat wrote: »

The police seem to have forgotten what the original arrest was for by the time it came to charging him.

must have been the hotpants then.
In that case, maybe OTT

SparkySpitfire · 06-03-2013 03:19AM

Pretty much, it seems that he swore at cops, they tried to take him in, he resisted, possibly assaulting them in trying to get away? Then his head was thumped off the ground and the video starts.

All over a few curse words. :rolleyes: Aside from whether he deserved it or not, why would that police officer risk his rep by assaulting the kid over cursing?

fasttalkerchat · 06-03-2013 03:28AM

SparkySpitfire wrote: »

Pretty much, it seems that he swore at cops, they tried to take him in, he resisted, possibly assaulting them in trying to get away? Then his head was thumped off the ground and the video starts.

All over a few curse words. :rolleyes: Aside from whether he deserved it or not, why would that police officer risk his rep by assaulting the kid over cursing?

Its hard to believe that he would have sworn at them before being assaulted... even more so that a swear word would have provoked such a hate-filled and dangerous attack.

jank · 06-03-2013 04:03AM

'Hate-filled'? Em no, just no.

Canis Lupus · 06-03-2013 08:13AM

fasttalkerchat wrote: »

Its hard to believe that he would have sworn at them before being assaulted... even more so that a swear word would have provoked such a hate-filled and dangerous attack.

Pretty insightful considering you weren't there.

06-03-2013 08:22AM

LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE!!!!

ted1 · 06-03-2013 08:47AM

Video shows f all, just before they throw him to the ground you see him lash out and kick someone. Stupid video really, as usual most the story is missing

gallag · 06-03-2013 09:06AM

Mardi gras police leniency. Hot pants, HOT PANTS????

Uriel. · 06-03-2013 09:18AM

Don't see any brutality there. Don't see much of anything except the usual PC hysterics you get. If the guy was fnucking around and ended up on the ground so be it. I'd speculate that if he wasn't resisting arrest or being obnoxious his life and everyone else's would probably have been a lot easier

crockholm · 06-03-2013 09:29AM

I can't help but think of the simpsons scene,when homer is accused of groping the student, and on the sally-jesse raphael show the woman says " I don't know Homer Simpson,I've never met Homer Simpson,but....*starts crying*

The blonde lass,giving the cops lip about the whole thing and crying like a banshee doesn't even know the fellah!!!!!

the groutch · 06-03-2013 09:37AM

Aussie police. Stern, stern but fair.

bedrock#1 · 06-03-2013 10:14AM

Despite what your views are on men wearing hot pants, the police did not act in an appropriate manner.

Quick search on the web -

NSW code of conduct for police states

2 - act with care and diligence when on duty

4 - treat everyone with respect, courtesy and fairness

fair and objective decision making without prejudice

promoting community faith and confidence in their police

acting as a role model for the community and your colleagues

Universal Declaration of Human Rights-

Article 5.

No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.

topper75 · 06-03-2013 10:40AM

Being drunk and disorderly is not a civil liberty in any country. Nor should it be.

Canis Lupus · 06-03-2013 10:43AM

bedrock#1 wrote: »

Despite what your views are on men wearing hot pants, the police did not act in an appropriate manner.

Quick search on the web -

NSW code of conduct for police states

2 - act with care and diligence when on duty

4 - treat everyone with respect, courtesy and fairness

fair and objective decision making without prejudice

promoting community faith and confidence in their police

acting as a role model for the community and your colleagues

Universal Declaration of Human Rights-

Article 5.

No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.

Police seemed quite reasonable. I know UK or Irish police would have had less patience with bystanders shouting at them.

And quoting codes of conduct and human rights articles is frankly pointless, perhaps you should look at their codes for restraining and arresting a potential offender.

06-03-2013 10:48AM

Reading through George Takei's Facebook, who has also posted this video, and there's people saying there that he was initially thrown to the ground because he was harassing police into assaulting him, before lashing out at them and lashing out again just before he was thrown to the ground a second time.

So, no, not brutality. The guy was being an idiot, this'll teach him to not do it again.

Mardi Gras police brutality

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