Comments on: Mardi Gras unease and what to do when responding to police

By: Alan

Alan — Thu, 23 Jan 2014 08:36:38 +0000

In reply to Rory. Rory, maybe a good tip for dealing with the Police is don't break the law to begin with....simple :)

By: Kevin Henderson

Kevin Henderson — Fri, 10 Jan 2014 11:22:42 +0000

Stop blaming the Police because a handful of people in our community can’t behave themselves, or have an axe to
grind with the Police.

Think about it, there were 2 negative events on Oxford St during the last parade, out of all the thousands of people that were
on Oxford street during the last parade, Police and spectators and parade participants, members of our community
are still calling for civil disobedience and disrespect against the Police, because the Police deared take action against
two gay men who were acting like children? What do you people want?

I watched the whole clip involving Jamie Reed, I doubt that the people complaining about the Police did, because
if they did, there would have been a bit of sympathy for the people who he had kicked at and spat on.
The other incident that night was a person ignoring Police instructions not to cross Oxford Street at the end of the
parade.

Guys, it’s simple, do as you are asked!!!! Don’t assault anybody, do as the Police and Mardi Gras organisers
ask you to do, and don’t get upset and scream bloody murder or victimisation if you choose to misbehave and get
in trouble, and most importantly, have a good time!

By: Mary

Mary — Tue, 24 Dec 2013 08:51:36 +0000

I am glad to see we are still pushing for a truly independent and properly funded body to investigate and oversee NSW Police – like the British have – this is the centrepiece of what’s required – the reality is most police I have encountered are bloated with their own sense of power and importance and most of them cannot be trusted – I have firsthand their skillful lies at work and I don’t want otters to deal with the nightmare that is NSW Police

By: Joni

Joni — Tue, 24 Dec 2013 04:09:13 +0000

Most NSW Police working at Mardi Gras (and they will roster an insane and totally over the top # of police) are there for the over time – and also most of them are also arrogant morons who think they are all powerful and so when dealing with police start filming them – that’s ur only hope when dealing with them as they are master liars

By: Rory

Rory — Tue, 24 Dec 2013 01:59:59 +0000

Tip for dealing with police, start videoing them on your phone if you run into any issues with them, and if they tell you you’re not allowed to video them – tell them they are wrong and keep filming.

Don’t tell them anything as they will twist and lie about what they claim you said and start looking around now for the after hours number of a solicitor. Tell police that you have a solicitor and that you will not be pushed around. At least then they are less likely to taser you.

By: John

John — Mon, 23 Dec 2013 23:21:16 +0000

Tip when dealing with the police: When police tell you not to cross the road. Don’t cross the road. There are hundreds of thousands of people on the street on parade night and a large part of their job is crowd control.