Police Shoot 2 Abo's That Stole a Car

[Blewvane]

Police made the right decision in shooting two teenagers in Sydney's red light district despite not having specific training to deal with the situation, the police union says.

Two officers were patrolling Kings Cross at about 4am (AEST) on Saturday when they recognised a group of young indigenous men from Redfern in a stolen car on busy Darlinghurst Road.

As they approached the car, the 14-year-old driver saw the officers and tried to drive away, but the car mounted a crowded footpath and ran over a 29-year-old woman.

The officers opened fire and hit the driver once in the chest and arm while an 18-year-old passenger was shot once in the neck.

NSW Police Association President Scott Weber said the officers did the only thing they could do to protect the community in a "pressure cooker" situation.

"Police officers acted with their training, with their skills and their instincts in a split second and they made the right decision," he told reporters in Sydney on Saturday.

But he said officers receive "no specific training" in regard to using guns against vehicles, saying the nature of policing is variable.

"There's not a set of rules for every set of circumstances," he said.

"It doesn't usually occur police officers are chasing a motor vehicle along a footpath."

It was impossible for officers to deploy a Taser as a moving car was involved in this situation, he said.

Four other males, aged 13, 14, 16 and 24, were in the back seat of the car at the time.

They were arrested and are assisting police with their inquiries.

The driver and passenger are in a serious but stable condition at St Vincent's Hospital and are expected to make a full recovery.

The 29-year-old woman who was run over and pinned by the car has chest injuries and is also being treated.

One of the officers had his foot run over and received treatment for minor injuries.

Assistant Commissioner Mark Murdoch said officers had been in touch with the Redfern community to fill them in on what happened.

"I would hope (the community) understands that we need to investigate exactly what happened and why it happened," he said.

More officers would be deployed in Redfern on Saturday night if the need arose, he added.

Mr Weber said he didn't believe the situation was directly linked to Redfern and was more a tragic set of circumstances.

"No police officer ever wants to draw upon their firearm," he said.

The officers involved had been sent home and were being assisted by the union, he said.

More than 50 shootings have alarmed Sydney in 2012 with most attributed to criminal organisations and gangs.

On Friday, the NSW government banned Bikie gangs owning tattoo parlours and wearing their colours in licensed Kings Cross venues after two drive-by shootings in north-west Sydney hours earlier.

Police believe the attacks are part an ongoing dispute between rival gangs the Hells Angels and Nomads.

Police officers have also been involved in the gun violence.

Ryan Pringle, who was armed with a knife and a crossbow, was tasered by police before they shot him dead in northern NSW on Monday.

On March 25, a senior police officer shot and killed 34-year-old Darren Neill at the Westfield Shopping Centre at Parramatta.

Mr Weber said police welcomed the new laws but said more officers and resources were still needed to target criminal gangs.
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[Blewvane]

Pitty they didn't kill the little scrotes.

[Hoppynz]

bet the ferals in redfern riot again..

[Blewvane]

Wouldn't suprise me if they did, they're probably getting drunk and sniffing glue right now.

[Blewvane]

UPDATE
Anger over the police shooting of two indigenous teenagers in Kings Cross has boiled over outside NSW Parliament House, with friends of the boys abusing police and demanding an independent investigation.

About 150 protesters, including boxer Anthony Mundine, gathered on Macquarie Street on Tuesday afternoon to call for an independent inquiry into the shooting on Saturday morning, when officers opened fire on a stolen car after it mounted the kerb and hit two pedestrians in the popular nightclub district.

Two teenagers, including the 14-year-old driver, were hospitalised with gunshot wounds after the 4am (AEST) clash on Darlinghurst Road.

On Tuesday, a swelling crowd, angered by the shooting and footage that showed an officer dragging one of the injured teenagers from the car before striking him, eventually blocked off two lanes of Macquarie Street.

A small group of teenagers - many of them friends of the wounded boys, and some who had been drinking - climbed onto the security fence at the front of the parliament building, brandishing signs and chanting "f*** the police" at officers looking on.

Boxer Anthony Mundine said the shooting was "brutality at its best", and he and other protesters were looking for justice.

"There is no justification to open fire like that. Point-blank range, in a car, ready to be arrested, then furthermore, bash them," Mr Mundine said.

"But there has been no ramifications ... to them officers."

Mr Mundine said he knew the families of those shot on Saturday.

"I grew up with one of the boys' fathers," Mr Mundine said.

"It really broke my heart. Fighting for his life."

Douglas Martin, a 16-year-old who knew the boys shot by police, said the officers should be "punished".

"You got a reason to hate the coppers, you know, when you're a young kid. But this crosses the line. (It's) straight-out racism," the angry teenager told AAP.

"I want them to get punished. Treat them the same as normal citizens.

"Why can't they get sent to jail for shooting someone?"

Police have defended the officers' action and promised a thorough, internal investigation into the incident.

However, Greens MP David Shoebridge has called for an end to police investigating police, and has referred the shooting to the Police Integrity Commission (PIC).

Protest organiser Ray Jackson said the officer who shot the teenagers should be charged.

"Six bullets through a windscreen, then dragging the driver and the passenger out and belting them," he told the rally.

"No, Mr policeman you are no longer going to be exonerated.

"This is where we draw the line."

NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell backed the police inquiry into the shooting, saying "no-one should rush to judgment".

He questioned why the teenagers were out in Kings Cross so late at night, and said his first thoughts were for the 29-year-old woman who was hit by the youths' car and pinned underneath.

"When I saw the footage of what occurred at Kings Cross, I immediately thought what would my reaction be if that had been my sister, my daughter, caught under that car," Mr O'Farrell told reporters in Sydney.

"I as a parent know where my 14-year-old is. Before we seek to blame police, we ought to look at ourselves.

"There are questions to be asked about a 14-year-old being behind the wheel of a car, in the Cross, at that time of day."

[Nite]

If the police have fucked up nail their balls to the wall
but i agree with what o'farell said about the kids being out at that time and where is the sympathy for the woman they ran over?



any update on her?

pssst

mundine,go fuck yourself concentrate on being useful like getting shits like these off the streets m'kay?

[Blewvane]

Originally Posted by NiteFlyer

If the police have fucked up nail their balls to the wall
but i agree with what o'farell said about the kids being out at that time and where is the sympathy for the woman they ran over?



any update on her?

pssst

mundine,go fuck yourself concentrate on being useful like getting shits like these off the streets m'kay?

Whether they fucked up or not they're in for some trouble, not allowed to treat abos the same as everyone else here anymore.
No update on the woman's condition, that doesn't seem to be a priority for the news even though she was the innocent in all this. She was probably white, if she was also an abo we would have known it by now.
Mundine is a grub.

[Timoli]

Someone should shoot Mundine . If the cops shoot anyone from an ethnic group, the rest of them scream racism. If they shoot a white person, then they were just doing their job.
Don't steal cars you little fucking knobs and you won't get shot.

[Blewvane]

^^ why aren't you watching the parades for ANZAC day?

[Nite]

Originally Posted by Blewvane

^^ why aren't you watching the parades for ANZAC day?

i have been to dawn parade

i have not nor will i ever forget their sacrifice