Aborigines from across the Atherton Tablelands have sent smoke signals trying to entice the indigenous member for their electorate of Cook to referee a smouldering feud with police after a Mareeba man was shot by specialist officers during a domestic dispute three weeks ago.
Labor’s elusive Cynthia Lui MP has not been seen or heard of since the man was killed allegedly for coming at officers with a knife.
The death of the man saw 500 local indigenous people march on the Mareeba police station next day, hurling abuse, kicking police cars and throwing bottles at police along the way.
Police stated after the shooting there was no body camera footage of the incident, but this was soon retracted after a hostile street march when a Cairns inspector subsequently found a camera and showed footage of the shooting to family members who initially claimed the dead man had only a phone in his hand.
As reported in Cairns News on March 29, a police SERT was deployed to a suburban street to diffuse what was termed a “hostage situation” when a 27 year old indigenous man allegedly held a woman in a house against her will.
The woman, when released from the house was immediately taken to another town for her safety.
Police expect trouble at the wake to be held in the town after the funeral. Local hotels will shut at 9 pm.
All available local accommodation has been booked out by police reinforcements who have come from as far away as Rockhampton.
Today Mareeba Shire Council held a meeting with police to plan for the expected large crowd at tomorrow’s funeral.
-contributed by our Tablelands correspondent
Sorry dorry no footage was shown of shooting, mother was coached ( intimidated by cops to shut her mouth and not cause any trouble) those who no this local man know he was shot in the mouth and you can imagine the rest it was point blank murder, nobody asking about tasers and the one hour of missing time from the cops statement.
The man did not have a gun, so why did they shoot to kill? This is not acceptable and the officer who did this must be charged.
It happens far too often and especially to Aboriginals.
Well said Tony. It is not only in Qld that the Police, who are meant to serve and protect the public, turned feral, attacked, injured and took away the people’s rights. “I was just following orders” has never been an excuse for savagery. They need to be called out on it.
The dumbfuck Queensland police hierarchy need a course in physics. Lesson one: “For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction”. Qld police have been on a bashing and killing spree for two years and now blame the victims for reacting. You don’t get more stupid than that.
We all got to witness police harassing shop keepers and take away and restaurateurs, illegally, so the only fans of police will be their wives and others equally stupid. Any cop who does not know that a national constitution cannot be suspended or cancelled should be made to swallow his badge. This behaviour made police into criminals, except for those who wisely resigned.
And now these overpaid blue executives find recruitment has collapsed. You didn’t think that was going to happen?
And before Queensland, NSW and Victorian cops get all indignant, saying it was the public’s fault, then answer this question: Why did nothing like this happen the NT?
The answer is that NT Police are generally professional, even though they cop more way more provocations. They stood by, on horseback, in vehicles, and on foot, and patiently waited until the equally civilised NT mRNA jab mandate protestors marched by. Saturday after Saturday.
Why? Because they have respect. And this is reciprocated. NT Police also have genuine leadership from experienced officers, even though 100 of their finest lost their jobs to the mandate.
I have seen enough corruption in Qld police to know there is something very wrong at the top. I listened to a former Commissioner rant and realised Qld Police have mental issues at the top. Led by an equally corrupt ALP, nothing is going to change. When a state is rotten at the top, this is what trickles down
One word; murder! The police are armed to the hilt.