May
18
OPI 'failed to probe cruel assault'//The Age
contains graphic descriptions of racist police violence in australia.
Nassir Bare complained to the OPI in February 2010 that one year earlier, when he was aged 17, police had repeatedly struck his chin against the gutter, chipping his teeth, kicked his legs out from under him, kicked him in the ribs, sprayed him in the face with capsicum spray while handcuffed and told him ”you black people think you can come to this country and steal cars”. Mr Bare, who is from Ethiopia, is now taking legal action against the OPI and individual officers of the OPI for their decisions to refer his complaint to Victoria Police’s internal ethical standards department for investigation.
