{"id":402,"date":"2006-09-20T20:50:23","date_gmt":"2006-09-20T10:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=402"},"modified":"2006-09-20T20:50:23","modified_gmt":"2006-09-20T10:50:23","slug":"pride-integrity-guts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=402","title":{"rendered":"Pride. Integrity. Guts."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Tonight&#8217;s the night that we got the truck<br \/>\nWe&#8217;re goin&#8217; downtown gonna beat up drunks<br \/>\nYour turn to drive I&#8217;ll bring the beer<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s the late, late shift no one to fear<br \/>\nAnd ride, ride how we ride<br \/>\nWe ride, lowride<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s roundup time where the good whores meet<br \/>\nGonna drag one screaming off the street<\/p>\n<p>And ride, ride how we ride<\/p>\n<p>Got a [blue] uniform and a silver badge<br \/>\nPlayin&#8217; cops for real\/playin&#8217; cops for pay<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s ride, lowride<\/p>\n<p>Pull down your dress here&#8217;s a kick in the ass<br \/>\nLet&#8217;s beat you blue &#8217;til you shit in your pants<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t move, child got a big black stick<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s six of us babe, so suck on my dick<\/p>\n<p>And ride, ride how we ride<br \/>\nLet&#8217;s ride, lowride<\/p>\n<p>The left newspapers might <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenleft.org.au\/back\/2004\/572\/572p11c.htm\">whine a bit<\/a><br \/>\nBut <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/articles\/2006\/09\/10\/1157826813762.html?from=top5\">the guys at the station they don&#8217;t give a shit<\/a><br \/>\nDispatch calls <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/articles\/2004\/06\/11\/1086749893570.html\">are you doin&#8217; something wicked?<\/a><br \/>\nNo siree, jack, we&#8217;re just givin&#8217; tickets<\/p>\n<p>As we ride, ride, how we ride<br \/>\nLet&#8217;s ride, lowride<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/news\/national\/beatings-by-police-caught-on-secret-film\/2006\/09\/19\/1158431712052.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1\">&#8216;Beatings by police caught on secret film&#8217;<\/a><br \/>\nJamie Berry<br \/>\n<em>The Age<\/em><br \/>\nSeptember 20, 2006<\/p>\n<p>GRAPHIC video images of detectives beating and kicking a suspect in an interview room have rocked the inquiry into the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/articles\/2006\/09\/18\/1158431645202.html\">Victoria Police&#8217;s disbanded armed offenders squad<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One of three detectives accused over the bashing collapsed in the County Court witness box yesterday after being shown the secretly filmed footage.<\/p>\n<p>Another officer was warned against perjuring himself as he denied taking part in the bashing on the 11th floor of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/articles\/2003\/02\/23\/1045935271303.html\">St Kilda Road police headquarters<\/a> on May 10.<\/p>\n<ul>We all protected each other. When I arrived at St Kilda police station in 1985, no one spoke to me for months. It was explained to me that I was an unknown. I had not proven myself in battle (the streets). Could I be trusted? The brotherhood was at its thickest at St Kilda. The culture was such that you would not even think of blowing your nose, let alone any whistle.<\/ul>\n<p>The video, taken by a hidden camera installed in the interview room for the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.opi.vic.gov.au\/\">Office of Police Integrity<\/a><\/strong>, includes the voice of an officer <strong>threatening to remove the suspect&#8217;s ear<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div align = \"center\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/81\/248067764_802d4199e1_m.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p>The video was revealed on the second day of open public hearings into the squad, which was disbanded this month.<\/p>\n<p>Three officers who appeared yesterday \u2014 Robert Lachlan Dabb, Mark Harrison Butterfield and Matthew Franc \u2014 all denied assaulting the suspect, identified only as A100.<\/p>\n<p>The hearing was told that a bungled search for the suspect&#8217;s sawn-off shotgun and his stash from a jewellery store robbery sparked a two-hour interrogation in which he was beaten with a telephone after asking to make a call, slapped repeatedly about the face and kicked while being held on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>At one stage, the suspect is allegedly struck four times in time with the words &#8220;F&#8212;&#8212; \u2026 armed \u2026 robbery \u2026 squad.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The video shows detectives telling A100 to decide whether to be &#8220;all friendly and co-operative&#8221; or whether he will do it the &#8220;f&#8212;&#8212; hard, hard, hard way&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>When he does not answer, A100 appears to be pushed to the floor and one of the officers says: &#8220;Welcome to the armed robbery squad.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The video shows one officer, alleged to be Detective Senior Constable Butterfield, repeatedly hitting A100, whose ear was bleeding, before telling him: <strong>&#8220;That ear&#8217;s coming off by the end of the day.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<div align = \"center\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/81\/248070340_8fc8db5fea_m.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p>The former head of the squad, Detective Inspector Bernie Rankin, also allegedly enters the room and tells A100 it&#8217;s going to be &#8220;a long old day for you, pal&#8221; and that &#8220;it might be a lot less painful and a lot easier for you&#8221; if he listens to advice.<\/p>\n<p>Detective Senior Constable Dabb told the hearing he was unaware that a recording device had been placed in the room. He collapsed in the witness box after being shown some footage.<\/p>\n<p>A group of men in the public gallery rushed to assist, lifting him back to his feet.<\/p>\n<p>Senior Constable Dabb pulled at his tie and collar as the men led him from the room, and resisted attempts by security staff to usher him back in, telling them: &#8220;Get your hands off me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Senior Constable Dabb&#8217;s lawyer, Rowan Skinner, later said a doctor had issued a certificate saying he was medically unfit to give evidence until Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Senior Constable Dabb said accusations by the OPI against the squad, revealed on Monday, were scurrilous.<\/p>\n<p>The other accused officer, Sergeant Matthew Franc, denied kicking A100 while another officer pinned him to the ground.<\/p>\n<p>Hartog Berkeley, QC, who is conducting the hearing, told Sergeant Franc to consider his options overnight and to &#8220;talk it over with a good friend&#8221; before &#8220;perjuring&#8221; himself further.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Berkeley refused applications by media outlets for access to the video images.<\/p>\n<p>Sean Cash, for Sergeant Franc, said the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.law.umkc.edu\/faculty\/projects\/ftrials\/lapd\/kingimages.html\">images<\/a> \u2014 which he likened to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.law.umkc.edu\/faculty\/projects\/ftrials\/lapd\/lapd.html\">the notorious police beating of Rodney King in Los Angeles<\/a> \u2014 could &#8220;overwhelmingly prejudice&#8221; any potential trial.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/stateline\/vic\/content\/2003\/s1165694.htm\">Police Association<\/a><\/strong> secretary <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/news\/national\/mullett-a-bully-secret-report\/2006\/05\/12\/1146940735642.html\">Paul Mullett<\/a> said the officers were still entitled to a presumption of innocence. He labelled the hearing and the OPI&#8217;s use of hidden cameras in squad offices as &#8220;questionable&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The hearing continues this morning at the County Court.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Premier Steve Bracks has defended the OPI&#8217;s decision to make the inquiry open to the public. He said a closed hearing would be &#8220;an usual circumstance&#8221; and the OPI had the discretion to hold open hearings under state legislation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rotten.com\/library\/bio\/presidents\/ronald-reagan\/\">Ronald Reagan<\/a><\/strong>, October 3rd, 1972 : &#8220;I am very proud to be called a pig. It stands for pride, integrity, and guts.&#8221; Speech in Oroville, CA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tonight&#8217;s the night that we got the truck We&#8217;re goin&#8217; downtown gonna beat up drunks Your turn to drive I&#8217;ll bring the beer It&#8217;s the late, late shift no one to fear And ride, ride how we ride We ride, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=402\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-state"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6AyE-6u","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}