Posted on 06/27/2023 6:24:22 AM PDT by lightman
Victoria Police officers have been accused of racial profiling, with a damning report showing they disproportionately targeted people of non-Anglo appearance during the pandemic.
African, Middle Eastern and First Nations people were up to four times more likely to be fined for COVID-19 breaches when considering their share of the state’s population.
More than 37,000 fines were issued for COVID-related offences in 2020, with at least 28,000 including details of the person’s perceived racial appearance, according to data from Inner Melbourne Community Legal released on Tuesday.
More than 20 percent were issued to people of African and Middle Eastern appearance, despite them only making up about five percent of the Victorian population.
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people accounted for nearly three percent of all fines yet make up just one percent of the state’s population.
Melbourne suburbs with higher proportions of people from non-English speaking backgrounds also received more fines.
Lead researcher Tamar Hopkins said the data was evidence of racist policing.
“We found strong evidence that African/Middle Eastern-appearing people were more likely to be issued with a fine that required questioning than white people,” Hopkins said.
“This difference in treatment provides evidence of racial profiling by the police.”
Various fines were issued, including a $100 penalty for not wearing a mask, $2,726 for failing to isolate and up to nearly $5,000 for illegal gatherings.
Ilo Diaz from the Police Accountability Project, which is associated with Inner Melbourne Community Legal, called for all fines to be scrapped.
“We’re asking for all these fines to be waived,” Diaz told ABC radio in Melbourne.
“More importantly, we know that when police are given extra powers and extra discretion, it’s racialised communities that get impacted the most … so we need a better accountability system for policing.”
The report has called for an independent complaints body to oversee police as part of its recommendations.
It follows an apology from Victoria’s top cop in May for racist practices within Victoria Police.
During a truth-telling inquiry, Chief Commissioner Shane Patton acknowledged the state’s criminal justice system had failed First Nations people over generations.
“I know Victoria Police has caused harm in the past and, unfortunately, continues to do so in the present,” he told the Yoorrook Justice Commission.
“As an organisation, we continue to make necessary changes and improvement, and it is a firm requirement of mine that we will continually strive to do better.”
Asked about Tuesday’s report, a spokeswoman for Victoria Police denied any wrongdoing.
“Victoria Police rejects any suggestion that officers targeted specific ethnic groups for COVID-19 offences,” she said.
“This is simply not true.”
Inner Melbourne Community Legal advocates for human rights and systemic change with a focus on police accountability.
Makes sense. We know vax rates were lower among non-whites, so it figures non-whites’ “compliance” would be lacking in all aspects of the hysteria. Timid whites dutifully complied with Big Brother’s every diktat.
Those ethnicities were never particularly mindful of personal space among themselves...or anyone else.
“First Nations”?
What a load of garbage.
Anyway, ever consider maybe they were all more than 4x as likely to actually VIOLATE these rules?
Notably, again, no yellows are mentioned. Interestingly, no Latinos either.
The Covid Dempanic was hugely successful. It stopped America in its tracks and sent the country down to the road to communism, slothfulness, greed, hate and insanity. Congratulations! America was destroyed without its enemies firing a shot.
Interview by Voices For Freedom co-founders (Claire, Alia & Libby)
https://voicesforfreedom.co.nz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7PokX4kz30
11:25 into that YouTube video, Dr. Chetty says (transcript):
This is actually a hypersensitivity, allergen induced, pulmonary pneumonitis; not a pneumonia. So, it is an allergic reaction occuring deep in the lung. It does affect the vascular system and the rest, but it is typically an allergic reaction occurring in the lung. That is the reason for the speed of evolution; anaphylaxis can occur very quickly.
Now, if you compare these two conditions, COVID pneumonia [and] pulmonary hypersensitivity pneumonitis, on X-Ray and High-Definition CT, with ground glass appearance that we see, both are identical; they cannot be told apart by X-Ray or CT.
So, I think we have been mis-diagnosing COVID pneumonia, as COVID pneumonia [when] we are dealing with a hypersensitivity pneumonitis.
So, I think that the perspective took precedent, rather than any medical intervention - to understand that we are dealing with a bi-phasic illness that is non-linear. The first and second phase have no correlation between each other. The second phase can be mild-moderate to severe, and I think that the distinction of severity should start on the eighth day, rather than from the first.
A majority of patients do not have this reaction and are not at risk of having a hypersensitivity. All the mortality and morbidity in this pandemic, resides at that part of the process - so the second phase is responsible for the mortality and morbidity.
So, to put it into context, the virus is like a bee, and the sting is the allergic reaction. So, we as a planet have been busy counting bees, chasing bees, and trying to kill bees; but we have not addressed the sting.
Patients that have been stung by this, are advised to go home and isolate and wait until they deteriorate. Unfortunately, by that time, you have multi-system disorder - you have damaged your body in many ways. And of course, presenting to a hospital is a bit late; and that negates the speed and aggression with having to address this.
And of course, a majority of doctors in the hospital are unaware that you have been stung by a bee. So the appropriate method of treating it, is not available to you there . . . - - -
I’d wager that a significant number of these “victims” routinely vote for the most statist candidates in elections.
I doubt you’ll find very many Latinos in Victoria.
You’re probably right. Is this Australia?
I was wondering that myself.
Yes, it’s Australia.
The term “First Nations” is Canadian and Australian for “the people who were here immediately before European explorers arrived”. Not sure if the term is used in New Zealand.
Of course, it's GloboHomoNazi Australia, the place where ALL courts are genuine Kangaroo courts.
But No Worries mate, Aussies will be speaking Mandarin and be a Communist Chinese "Protectorate" in a decade.
The Pfascists tried so hard to suppress those who opposed the lies about COVID-1984. Can't have the indigenous people showing they're smarter than the white Socialist sheep.
Mass incarceration is the result of mass crimes.
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