December 08, 2012 6:24 PM
whilst perhaps the following report does not come as a real surprise, it certainly does come as a shock. i am not sure if this was known during the roberto curti coronial inquest but it surely shows how much our police are out of control. especially when it comes to the use/misuse of their issued tasers
probationary constable daniel barling, to my mind, is not a fit person to be serving in our police force. he seems to me to have little, if any, understanding or control of what his role is meant to be. this misfit is undoubtedly into torture and he has shown this on the same day by pulling his taser and firing when there was no need to.
barling tasered marcello jiminez in his back without informing him that they intended to do so. jiminez was also further assaulted and brutalised by both officers during his arrest. it seems that regardless of the brutality handed out to their victims the police still use the tired old trifecta, resist arrest, assault police and offensive language.
the other officer, senior constable ralph, was the officer who used about 3 cans of capsicum spray on roberto when he was hand-cuffed and on the ground with half a ton of cops on his back.
these two officers were described by the nsw state coroner, ms. mary jerram, as indulging in 'thuggish behaviour' as were others involved in roberto's death.
magistrate janet wahlquist dismissed all four charges arising from jiminez's arrest and criticised both officers for their combined 'lack of judgement' in their to employ the taser against jiminez unnecessarily.
it is most refreshing that at last magistrates, judges and coroners are no longer willing to accept police evidence that is nothing more than a farrago of lies. even, as we know, when they take the oath. it seems that no governments, police ministers or police commissioners are willing to make the required changes so that task must be left to our judicial representatives and us.
such criminal acts by police officers and especially barling and ralph only strengthens our argument against police brutality and the constant misuse of tasers virtually on a daily basis. tasers must be withdrawn from frontline police until such time that better training is given only to more senior police, such as senior constables and above, and in-depth psychological evaluation is given to all police to judge their accountability, professionalism and ethics.
neither tasers or glocks should be issued to probationary constables or constables. this is not to put them in any mortal danger as they can always call for proper back-up. there are just too many instances of abuse by the junior ranks of the police forces of this country to allow tasers to be abused and the possibility of death occurring from their use.
i for one am definitely against any police officer of what ever rank making a decision to use a taser on me. we know that tasers do kill and yet police, as proved everytime, are willing to gamble on your life. you may or may not die and i absolutely refuse to give any police officer that power.
probationary constable barling shows why.
two more dic events have happened last week but information is slim at best.
the first death was of an unnamed inmate in a queensland gaol who was gaoled when he was 17. qld at that time judged 17 year olds as adults and were treated accordingly. the aboriginal man was 48 when he died of alleged natural causes. i have little trust for that identification of a cause of death in the australian gaol system. all justice health bodies, whether privatised or not, are known for cutting costs at every opportunity.
the second death event was of an aboriginal woman, stated as being 44 years old, who collapsed and died in the broome, wa, lock-up. no further information is known.
the qld and wa coroners will need to hold inquests into both deaths to find what the circumstances of their deaths.
to both families, communities and friends we offer our sincerest condolences. may they now walk their lands in peace.
fkj
ray jackson
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TWO NSW police officers involved in the fatal Taser attack on 21-year-old Brazilian Roberto Laudisio Curti in March had been involved in another stunning hours earlier. Daniel Barling and Damian Ralph were part of a group of officers who helped break up a fight in the Sydney CBD using a Taser in the early hours of March 18, according to news.com. During the incident, police Tasered Marcello Jimenez, 27, who also allegedly sustained "significant injuries" from elbows and punches to his face, neck and chest during his arrest and transportation to Surry Hills police station. Probationary Constable Barling and Senior Constable Ralph were among six police officers who later pursued Curti. The Brazilian student died after being repeatedly Tasered as he lay on the ground. NSW Coroner Mary Jerram this month slammed the officers involved in the Curti matter for engaging in "thuggish" behaviour. Ms Jerram said the use of capsicum spray on Laudisio by Constable Ralph was "unnecessary and excessive, and aggravated rather than subdued Roberto". Yesterday in the NSW District Court, magistrate Janet Wahlquist criticised Constable Barling and Senior Constable Ralph for using "very poor judgment" in their decision to use the weapon on Mr Jimenez, who was yesterday cleared of the four charges arising from his arrest. The two dropped charges, resisting arrest and assaulting police, hinged on whether the use of the Taser had been warranted. The court heard the police officers had not identified themselves before shooting Mr Jimenez in the back. "I'm not satisfied that the use of the Taser was warranted. What flows is that the police were not acting in the execution of their duty," she said. "It would be a fairly long way down on the list of the items that police would resort to to take control of the situation." Mr Jimenez pleaded guilty to a single count of affray and was released on a 12-month good behaviour bond with a $500 fine.
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Philip,
get used to it.
You will not be allowed to insult Ray Jackson (or anyone else) personally, even if it is by innuendo that nonetheless makes crystal clear whom you're trying to slag.
The same goes for anyone else.
You slipped past me this time.....damn!
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