Aboriginal man sues over alleged police brutality after bike light arrest [The Age]
Mr Penny’s lawyer, Jeremy King, declined to comment while the matter was before the courts.
The government needs to stop illegal detention of older people [The Age]
Jeremy King, a solicitor who has sued the police for false imprisonment, has seen a court award $30,000 for 30 minutes of false imprisonment.
Officer charged, dozens disciplined over alleged leak of Dani Laidley image [The Age]
Laidley was arrested on May 3 and within hours her mugshot was shared broadly on social media, along with a photograph taken inside the police station – shot through the glass wall of an interview room – which showed her being questioned by two uniformed officers.
Police camera ruling ‘denies courts critical evidence’ [The Age]
Victoria Police officers cannot be compelled to release footage from body-worn cameras in civil proceedings following a County Court decision last month which has prompted calls for urgent reform of the laws that regulate their use.
‘Go to your room for two weeks’: lockdown toll on aged care residents [The Age]
The residents of a Melbourne aged care home with no active coronavirus cases have been told that if they leave to visit a doctor, they must stay in their rooms for a fortnight upon their return.
Aboriginal man accuses police of violent assault and racist abuse [The Age]
An Aboriginal man says police officers threw him off his bicycle, pinned him to the ground and called him a "black c---" while he was riding to work at dawn without his bike lights on.
