NSW cops being sued - assault

The disgraceful state of the New South Wales thugs police has once again become painfully apparent, especially to a young lady in the news today who got a broken leg from them. She is therefore suing the cops for $750,000. Meet Rachel Gardner:

The story reads similar to mine some time back when I ended up with two broken ribs. This lady was at a train station when the transit cops had some kind of problem with her over a train ticket and bought in the actual cops. What followed, until recently, was it seems the police's word against hers. Until that is, Gardner's legal representation came up with CCTV footage of the incident. The cops had initially denied kicking her and breaking her leg, saying she was screaming and kicking. Now they are changing their story.

Ms Gardner, 36, was at the station with two tourist friends just before midnight when they were approached by transit officers and found to be without tickets. 

An altercation ensued when the tourists couldn't produce identification and police attended. Ms Gardner claims that when she protested that one of the tourists was being pinned to the ground by a transit officer, Acting Sergeant Craig Sands kicked both her legs out from under her, breaking her right leg. 

In her statement of claim, it is alleged Sergeant Sands then directed a transit officer to sit on her while she was lying face down on the platform before she was handcuffed, told she was under arrest and put in a paddy wagon. 

When she objected to what she believed was an unlawful arrest, an officer said ''we don't care if this is legal'', the statement said. Ms Gardner was not taken to a police station and charged. Instead, she was driven to Sutherland railway station and ''left to fend for herself in a seriously injured condition''. 

She is seeking damages of up to $750,000 for the injuries as well as the humiliation, disgrace, mental suffering, emotional distress, fear and anxiety, loss of social status and inconvenience caused by assault, false arrest and false imprisonment. A doctor's report says she will likely develop osteoarthritis within five to 10 years. Read more

What a fucked up advertisement for Sydney FFS! WTF must the tourists have been thinking about all of this? All that for not having ID? Talk about a fuckin police state.

This is a police force that's out of control. Although the actual incident happened over two years ago, what exactly has changed? We still have the police investigating themselves every time they get a complaint, and even when the ombudsman gets involved they seem to know how to get around that. Since this incident we've had Curti killed over a biscuit packet, and those cases still before the courts from Mardi gras, not to mention whatever else has happened.

I'm just glad that Gardner has the money to go ahead and sue them. If I'd of had the money when I was assaulted by them I'd have done the same. In the end I couldn't go any further with it. I hope she gets every cent she's seeking. Who knows, maybe the only thing that will get through to the state gov is the hip pocket nerve.