GUEST BLOG: GUEST BLOG: Pat O’Dea – Death in Custody
Body Cams protect us All.
A police dog handler set a dog on Sam Matue after he had been forced to the ground?
A family member having their head split by a steel cap boot?
This is what captured grainy video phone footage shot at some distance from Sam Matue’s arrest and death in police custody appears to show.
From the NZ Herald, (Today):
Community leader David Letele has launched a petition calling for an independent investigation into the death of the man who died after being pepper-sprayed at rural Auckland’s Ōrere Point, and for mandatory police bodycams…..
…..Family members are alleging police violently assaulted Matue during the confrontation……
From the NZ Herald (Yesterday):
NZ Herald
……Family members are alleging police violently assaulted Matue during the confrontation.
They also claimed to the Herald they have seen Matue’s body and described bruises, bite marks and a split head….
….In a social media post, Niece Tenay Matue claimed police “played God” and “viciously took his life away” instead of de-escalating the situation.
She alleged police “unjustly” tasered Matue five times, kicked him in the head and punched, laid on and let a dog maul him during a period of at least 10 minutes…..
…….When questioned about these claims, police told the Herald there were several investigations underway and they would let “due process” be carried out.
Meanwhile, a family member claimed they had seen Matue’s body and described multiple bruises and bite marks to the Herald.
“They’ve destroyed him. He’s covered in bruises, he’s got bite marks from the dog, his head’s been split open.”
Earlier, police confirmed Matue as the victim and extended their condolences to the family.
“A post-mortem was completed on Wednesday, however Mr Matue’s cause of death has not been determined as yet,” said Counties Manukau District Commander Superintendent Shanan Gray.
Police on Monday clarified Matue was wielding a pole and not threatening officers with a samurai sword as they initially claimed……
Pat O’Dea is a staunch unionist and activist
An absolutely disgusting scenario, where the low hiring standards and lack of fitness of NZ Police to go hand-to-hand with someone they’ve already nailed with tazers got a man killed for no reason. Matue was murdered, just like all the Alawite and Christian children Pat’s buddies in Syria have been massacring over the past couple weeks.
Strange place to make such an unsubstantiated accusation, there MK
I guess tanky trolls gotta do what tanky trolls gotta do. So I suppose I have to answer you. (I just hope it doesn’t divert the thread).
Using the alleged mass killing of Alawites and Christians as a pretext, the Russian imperialists, the American imperialists and the genocidal Israeli Zionists, are uniting to attack Syria to overthrow the new government
Who would have thunk it?
From Pravda.ru
Russia may work with US and Israel to build Alawite state in Syria
Moscow gains opportunity to work with US and Israel to build Alawite state in Syria
World » Asia
Given the genocide of Alawites and Christians in Syria, Russia’s cooperation with the terrorist president will be shut down. It is much more promising to promote the establishment of an Alawite state together with the US and Israel…..
See more at https://english.pravda.ru/world/161770-russia-usa-israel-syria/
Reminds me of the time when the British the French and the American allies joined together with their German enemy to invade Russia in the War Of Intervention, to overthrow the Bolsheviks. Apart from that, this report is so wrong in so many ways that it is laughable.
@Trevor – Unless its the police attacking you
They would not touch me unless I tried to beat them with an iron bar
Along with being the governor of the reserve bank ,being a police person is the worst job you could ever have .You ARE DAMED if you do and DAMED if you dont .
Police are expected to stop crime they dont even know is going to happen then on a daily basis they are abused and assulted .We all expect them to come at the click of a finger and bitch like hell because they have not turned up because they are dealing with a career criminal that every one wants off the street .
Maybe they should all take a week off and just show us all what the world is really like if they are not there .
Well put Gordon .We are often on different sides of the fence but it is good you have respect for our thin blue line.As with all institutions there are a very few bad apples but most are good people doing a great job
Those officers (murderers) will have their day.
They forget this life is only short… already their eternal condemnment awaits…
The few police I know are really solid citizens and they have told me what happens when no doco cameras are there, its fair and intended to stop the situation. They expect to be shot at one day and intend to survive. Guns in gang car car boots started 10 years ago, every car boot!
The guy who died was living a 501 life which is way shorter than most. Body cams would be good and show the whole damned senseless drama of some people’s lives.