a terrible decision by the magistrate:
"The case was thrown out in 2023,
with
Magistrate Rob Stary finding a jury could not conclude whether Sergeant Barrett had acted unlawfully."
It was a murderous "sling tackle" or "spear tackle".It involves grabbing the victim around the arms
so they can't break their fall with their arms.
His head was smashed into the concrete.If you did that to a cop you'd be charged with GBH -
grievous bodily harm and be in jail for 10 years.
So the magistrate is saying that is quite legal to do -
if a cop does it to a victim
but not the other way around.
It's like the cops have a license to kill and maim citizens.
BTW -
sling tackles and spear tackles are illegal in Rugby Union and Rugby League -
players have had their necks broken and become quadriplegics from it.
https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/news/no-excuse-to-be-treated-like-that-...‘No excuse to be treated like that’: Mother calls for apology for son who died years after covid arrest
A young man’s death years after being arrested during a Covid lockdown
has left Aussies shattered. His grieving mother said he had just one message.
Brielle Burns
May 18,
EXCLUSIVE
The mother of a deceased man who was four years ago thrown to the ground by a police officer during Melbourne’s Covid lockdown has called for an apology from the officer involved.
In a disturbing incident which would go on to make national headlines, Melbourne man Daniel Peterson-English was filmed being tackled to the ground at Flinders Street Station by acting sergeant Beau Barrett after he was arrested on September 22, 2021.
The footage, which circulated widely on social media around the world at the time, showed then-Acting Sergeant Barrett walking up behind Mr Peterson-English before throwing him to the ground, causing his head to hit the hard floor.
Sergeant Barrett was suspended and charged with recklessly causing injury and assault over the incident, which occurred on the same day an anti-lockdown protest was held in the city’s CBD.
However the case was later dismissed. The Court was told at the time that Mr Peterson-English had taunted police multiple times, and had heard about the circumstances of the day including escalating crowds.
His cause of death has not been confirmed and a coroner’s report will be released next month.
There is no suggestion that it occurred as a result of the tackle.Before his death, Mr Peterson-English told his mother he wanted Sergeant Barrett to personally apologise for the “horrendous” incident, which left her son with facial injuries and post-traumatic stress disorder, the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court heard.
“He (Daniel) said to me many times, ‘I just want an apology from him’,” Margaret English told news.com.au.
“That’s what is needed,” she added. “I’d like to see an apology.”
Ms English, a retired nurse of 40 years, said it was an “important” gesture and she was “shocked” to learn the officer had returned to operational duties following an internal investigation.
“I couldn’t believe that, that could happen,” she said. “If a nurse had done that, they would be deregistered.
“There would have been severe consequences if Daniel had done it to a member of the police force. If he had come up from behind … and grabbed someone and ended up smashing their head (on the ground).”
Forum
Pages: 1 
