Police under increasing pressure?The POLICE FORCE were under increasing pressure last night, to arrest (police pursued) death crash suspect and alleged driver, Jesse Kelly, but were they?
Actually they weren't under any pressure at all and this PR stunt shows us just how the calculating Police PR Unit works.
The Government, Police Force and Pro-Government media are all spinning the same web? No!
What about Police bending over backwoods for what they actually want on national television?
"Failing to respond to a vicious assault against a witness."
But who takes the fall really? Jesse Kelly.
Something Dave Madden quickly apologised for but for a good reason because he knows his PR Unit put him out there for the best possible reason.
Not for failing
To promote the police line that, the infamous 'Kelly Gang' have committed another crime. But we must all remember these were terrified young men and if it were true that they participated into trying to silence a witness then all I can say is that is what can happen after the fact of a crime!
But was there a better way?
1. We have a three-day surveillance of the car thieves.
2. Then a police chase, followed by the crash that claimed the two passengers Dylan Rayward, 17, and Matthew Robertson, 19.
3. Then a four day war with Macquarie fields with violence from the rioters and violence from the Police Force on national television.
4. Followed by daily police raids searching for Jesse Kelly and any other rioters with police breaking down doors and rampaging through homes.
5. Then allegedly we have the witness who is bashed for giving up the driver on national television.
6. The PR stunt by Dave Maddon?
Lessons to be leant here?
Today's real message is that police are slimy at the best of times.
Police although they didn't say it were also pitching for more leverage after the police commissioner Ken Moroney failed to win public support in his campaign for respect following police violence.
Ken Moroney wanted more respect by threatening to 'lock up' offenders' but that is not how you eat porridge if you want some respect.
It is my understanding that you don't win respect from the community with power or by using force. If you want some respect you have to earn it, by showing some respect first.
The subsequent bashing of the witness to the crash scene, although the alleged attack was the latest in a series of incidents that have sparked criticism of police handling of the case, it places Jesse Kelly at more of a disadvantage and this is what police wanted! To win the political war and to defend the initial police violence that sparked the riot.
The Daily Terror
Daily Terror: "Deputy Commissioner Dave Madden apologised to Jasen Greeks, 34, who was attacked by Kelly and nine others wielding pieces of glass in Eucalyptus Drive at Macquarie Fields.
The attack, witnessed by Mr Greeks' three terrified children, occurred two nights after a fatal accident on February 25 in which Kelly was the driver.
It also came the day after Kelly reported to Macquarie Fields police station as part of his bail conditions for another matter before being allowed to walk free.
Mr Greeks suffered a fractured eye socket and head injuries in the attack. He is due to undergo surgery to have a titanium plate inserted in his skull.
NSW Opposition Leader John Brogden said yesterday a leaked police document revealed the victim's 13-year-old son made an emergency call to authorities. In that call he said his father had been attacked for speaking to the media after he witnessed the car accident that killed Kelly's friends, Dylan Rayward, 17, and Matthew Robertson, 19.
The leaked document read in part: "About 6.30pm 27/2/05 it is suspected the POI [person of interest Jesse Kelly] and a group of males seriously assaulted the victim in front of his children as retribution for his comments made on television."
Mr Brogden questioned whether police had missed another opportunity to apprehend Kelly, who was driving the stolen car that crashed during a police chase on February 25, killing his two mates and which sparked riots in Macquarie Fields.
"Is it possible that a day after Jesse Kelly was identified as a person of interest in the car crash and allowed to walk free from Macquarie Fields police station, that senior police did not respond to a report of his whereabouts," Mr Brogden said. "Was a 13-year-old boy pleading for help declined police support by a senior officer?"
BLAH BLAH BLAH
The Daily Terror: "Mr Madden said a duty officer decided not to respond to the emergency call because there had been a large number of calls to local police that night, some of which were believed to be hoaxes aimed at ambushing officers?
He apologised to Mr Greeks and his family. "For the victim in the matter, he'll be wondering what sort of support he does get from the police, and I need to make it clear that we now apologise for our failure to attend on that occasion," Mr Madden said.
"At the end of the day I don't know why police resources weren't deployed......it's not appropriate."
What did we learn about police tactics?
NOTICE HOW POLICE ALWAYS HAVE A REASON FOR FAILING?
ALSO NOTICE THAT DAVE MADDEN WON'T STEP DOWN EVEN THOUGH HE CLAIMS HE FAILED?
ALSO NOTICE THAT DAVE MADDEN WILL BE MOST LIKELY PROMOTED?
THIS EVENT SHOULD HIGHLIGHT THE FAILURE OF POLICE PURSUITS AS WELL BUT IT MOST LIKELY WON'T.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST THIS EVENT SHOULD ALSO HIGHLIGHT THE POLICY OF POLICE EARNING RESPECT FROM THE COMMUNITY AND AT THE MOMENT THAT SEEMS TO BE AT AN ALL TIME LOW!
IS THERE A BETTER WAY?
By MICHELLE CRUSE and SIMON BENT 9 March 05
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