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Outcry over 'disturbing' video of off-duty police officer pinning 13yo girl on train (www.abc.net.au)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/perth@aussie.zone
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This is straight up violence and coercive control. This guy cannot be treated with kids gloves.

But its interesting how nicely everybody is speaking to him in the footage. If that was someone making a citizen's arrest would the communication be that respectful? And is this a symptom of fear of authority bred by fairly onerous laws around police protection in this State? (it seems at this point in the footage he had informed them that he's a cop).

  • As a corollary to this incident - Just imagine if there hadn't been other people around, and it was this girls word against his. She'd be at risk of going to jail for assault of a police officer (mandatory sentencing laws)... and thats the problem with the laws protecting police.

Edit: fixed spelling of coercive.

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[–] -5 points 6 months ago* (1 child)

Yeah... right...

"These are children, they haven't learnt behavioural and emotional control yet. Their brains aren't developed.

And then when they're older it's inter-generational trauma, an excuse for all seasons!

"There were many ways he could restrain her that would not have involved the level of personal touch and force that we witnessed in the video," Dr McGowan-Jones said.

Feel free to get out of your desk job and help out then, different world when you're being punched in the head by feral teenagers

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