Discernable The case against 37 yr old Acting Sergeant Beau Barrett for head-slamming a protestor at Flinders St Station in Melbourne has been dismissed by a magistrate who said that a jury could not possibly convict him.
Magistrate Rob Stary said the victim was ‘entirely provocative’ and acted in a menacing and abusive manner toward police.
Officers present claim the victim seemed possessed, with other witnesses reporting epithets hurled at police such as ‘pigs!’ and ‘dogs!’ and ‘glorified snitches!’.
👨⚖️De minimis non curat lex.
Blatant police assault. If anyone else did this for the same reasons they would be jailed
Every institution public has been corrupted by the Andrews shadow . The Judiciary globally have morphed into an instrument of public opinion and diktat from woke governments.
He may walk but the public should see if Beau Barrett's head bounces.
Once again the legal system proves itself corrupt!
Very triggering to watch.
That poor young man.
That was so uncalled for by @victoriapolice
Not ok at all. 😢
Setting a new standard for criminal police behaviour…hope this magistrate gets all he deserves in due course.
The institutions are all scratching their respective heads wondering why the populace have lost faith in them.
So assaulting people for being rude is lawful?
I was just saying that nobody cares about what they did… especially not the legal system
so the magistrate is also corrupt.
whats new?
Up the ladder you have to go…
I played it in slo-mo – I couldn't see anything which looked "menacing". Does the magistrate elaborate on his "menacing" claim, do you know? And does anyone know of the protester's name, and if he suffered a significant injury? I'm trying to work out what our ruling-class feels is acceptable State violence against our protesters.
Disgusting unnecessary assault. This means we’re all fair game 😬
Was it a foreign judge to go with the foreign police their going to ship in?
Our courts are corrupt if they condone this kind of behaviour…..So they have basically given the green light for the police to act in an inhumane manner…..Shame on all of them!
That was the only Grand Slam worth caring about in 2021.
magistrate might need to learn to watch his/her back. people i suspect are going to lose their sh!t.
Wasn't Rob Stary a bit of an ambulance chaser as a solicitor? Weak decision to protect a bully in uniform.
I bet the magistrate wouldnt have thrown it out if it was his kid
Typical of the corruption that abounds in the govt and judiciary in these times
This is sickening. Makes me so fucking sad and angry.
😢
I saw signs seeking election of judges while visiting Florida.
Trial by jury in Magna Carta , not by magistrates.
what do you expect in Victoria/Australia. Courts are owned by the elite. ALl major parties, including the greens and the teals are owned. The police intentionally hire mostly morons who cannot think for themselves, and they bully out anyone who gets in who can think for themselves.
There is 0 justice in Australia. You'll get mall scale litigation etc. But they will never set down a precedent like punishing their own for this.
It's clear assault. Now a lawful arrest n any sense of the word, or a lawful detainment. Still, the cop should be named. Doxx him.
Bloody hell! Is old mate still even alive after that?
I am in shock over this result! That magistrate should be stood down immediately and put in a cell with that dirty cop! If any one of us normal Australians did that, we wouldn’t see the light of day for 5 years!
Who was he an imminent threat to? Instant appeal necessary.
Sickening
There were a number of reasons why I left Australia after COVID, but this short clip is right up there near the top.
it's 100% time for us to take matters into our own hands. the cops name is Beau Barrett, he lives around Frankston somewhere
Just like there are a few corrupt police, so to are there a few corrupt magistrates, in my opinion.
And announced late on a Friday.
Disgusting
I thought after a few other disgraceful incidents pre covid crap that they had to be careful as some people are having mental health episodes. Most are simply being assholes because they are high. But this is never ok regardless!
The only time this behaviour is acceptable is to rapists, especially child rapists. But judges look after those filth.
It's as bad as saying, if a woman disrespects her man with words…he is in the right to belt the sh!t out of her.
Walking away is always the higher position.
When freedom of speech is restricted we're going down a dark old road…
Corruption cops must keep the peace,was that peaceful.
Cops are being watched more than ever now, ALL eyes are on them.!!
Disgusting 🥺
If I was on a jury, I would convict that thug
Nope not good enough. The police were behaving like violent power tripping lunatics amidst Covid. They deserve to be punished – if they aren’t imagine how they’ll behave next time.
How could anyone have faith in the law with this kind of behaviour. I used to think defund the police was a rediculous idea.
I'm not surprised really, Stary was elevated to the seat of magistrate in 2021 by Dan Andrews after he was the counsel for the red shirt Labor Politicians by advising them NOT to talk to police and all correspondence to be passed to him . Andrews says help me out and I'll look after you. Corrupt much, I think so.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me. Or is it Thugish cops may break my bones if my words hurt their feelings?
enough said.
In America there are riots in the streets. In Australia, there are comments of "That's no good"