News Curtis Scott

Didn't take long for him to develop the Canberra culture

 

[Exsilium]

He's behind by 6 figure lawyers fees & the cops tried to stitch him up. Full steam ahead I say. The merkins deserve the shellacking they get. And the judgement on their case was so scathing, they will pay.

Yeah, considering the events that unfolded and how they went about things, go to town I say.

He’s so lucky there was body-cam footage. Without it, we could be talking about a very different outcome.

 

[The_Frog]

He's behind by 6 figure lawyers fees & the cops tried to stitch him up. Full steam ahead I say. The merkins deserve the shellacking they get. And the judgement on their case was so scathing, they will pay.

He already got costs. He's trying to gouge the taxpayer now.

 

[Vee]

He already got costs. He's trying to gouge the taxpayer now.

And rightly so Bill.

 

[BadnMean]

He already got costs. He's trying to gouge the taxpayer now.

You're right on the costs, good catch.

As for gouging the taxpayer... No I'm fully supportive of the right to sue the police force for such douchebaggery- it's the only way to bring them into line (since disciplinary action within the force is so hard it's basically a joke) & it benefits everyone by hopefully resulting in a less thuggish police force more cognisant of the fact their job is to assist, investigate & enforce the law.

Punishment is the job of courts, not just spraying & tasing people with tools meant for their own protection. Cops don't get to do that. Sue 'em. Every job wishes they could punish annoying peopel. Cops follow the law or get sued. I'd want the same right.

 

[myrrh ken]

Court awarded "costs" are a small fraction of actual costs. He'd be down by plenty.

 

[nick87]

Court awarded "costs" are a small fraction of actual costs. He'd be down by plenty.

Correct. He's entitled to sue for full and proper compensation after the police assaulted him.

If the tax payers have an issue with that, they can take it up with the prosecutor who was offered the chance to drop the case and walk away without the Scott camp even asking for costs, at a time that it was clear the police had acted unlawfully and the charges could not, and would not stick.

For whatever reason the prosecutor refused that offer, and now they pay the consequences of their assault on Scott and of the failure of the prosecutor to do their job properly. Actions, consequences.

 

[The_Frog]

Correct. He's entitled to sue for full and proper compensation after the police assaulted him.

If the cops assaulted him they should be charged accordingly. This is not the US. You are not supposed to make a financial windfall by drinking yourself stupid and passing out under a tree.

 

[nick87]

If the cops assaulted him they should be charged accordingly. This is not the US. You are not supposed to make a financial windfall by drinking yourself stupid and passing out under a tree.

Yes, they should be charged. But we know the police look after themselves and im sure the police union and the powers that be have seen to it that these officers have been "appropriately disciplined" for their misconduct... take that how ever you wish.

As for the second part, costs awarded are court fees and legal fees. Scott has undoubtedly lost much more money than just what he's paid in legal fees and court costs. He's entitled to sue for that lost income, the damage these frivolous charges have done to his reputation.

He is not making a financial windfall by drinking himself stupid, he's making a financial windfall because police officers unlawfully arrested him, assaulting him in the process and a prosecutor tried to make a case that he/she knew full well could not and would not be made.

If you're a tax payer annoyed about the prospect of having the state government have to pay our damages to this guy, (and you should be) mght i suggest you lodge your complaints with the police and public prosecutors, whom if either had done their job properly, no such damaged payout would be occurring, rather than the victim of their police misconduct and professional negligence

 

[nick87]

For some added context regarding NSW Police.
This from a poster on the Greenhouse

https://rlc.org.au/rlc-media-89m-civil-claims-against-nsw-police-revealed

“Nearly $90 million of taxpayer money has been paid out by NSW Police in hundreds of civil claims alleging police brutality, unlawful searches and illegal arrests over the last four financial years, NewsLocal reveals."

Yeah, if im a tax payer, i wouldnt be very happy either.

 

[The_Frog]

He's entitled to sue for that lost income, the damage these frivolous charges have done to his reputation.

The sort of reputation that wasn't damaged by getting pissed as a parrot, throwing phones at cars and passing out in a public place?

He got a magistrate very sympathetic to his situation last time. I wouldn't count on that happening again.

 

[nick87]

The sort of reputation that wasn't damaged by getting pissed as a parrot, throwing phones at cars and passing out in a public place?

He got a magistrate very sympathetic to his situation last time. I wouldn't count on that happening again.

the arrest has proven to be unlawful.
Its now not a matter of if he'll receive damages, but rather how much. And it's going to 6 figures. Im afraid you're going to have to come to terms with that, and again, if as a tax payer, you're not thrilled about it, i suggest you make your thoughts known to the people responsible for that... that being the public prosecutor and the NSW Police.

 

[Quicksilver]

The NSW police have become unhinged in recent times with their strip search policy etc.

I’m happy to see some push back- even if it is from and NRL millionaire.

 

[shear_joy9]

He deserves a 7 figure payout. The guy nearly necked himself from all the bullshit reported about him.

Should take it from the prosecutor Rebecca Becroft. Her picture should be in the paper and shamed for how incompetent at her job she is.

 

[T-Boon]

The sort of reputation that wasn't damaged by getting pissed as a parrot, throwing phones at cars and passing out in a public place?
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its a mans prerogative.

 

[The_Frog]

The NSW police have become unhinged in recent times with their strip search policy etc.

I’m happy to see some push back- even if it is from and NRL millionaire.

This is Government policy. The police merely do as they're told.

Its now not a matter of if he'll receive damages, but rather how much. And it's going to 6 figures. Im afraid you're going to have to come to terms with that

If it does, I'll find a way.

 

[Quicksilver]

This is Government policy. The police merely do as they're told.

Imagine having to lick Gladys’ boots.

 

[simmo05]

Y

If the cops assaulted him they should be charged accordingly. This is not the US. You are not supposed to make a financial windfall by drinking yourself stupid and passing out under a tree.

You be ok if it was one of your family members? Who hasn't had a few too many and carried on like a dick. And then to have weapons deployed on you that are meant to be the last resort before lethal force? I hope the merkin gets millions

 

[Vee]

He deserves a 7 figure payout. The guy nearly necked himself from all the bullshit reported about him.

Should take it from the prosecutor Rebecca Becroft. Her picture should be in the paper and shamed for how incompetent at her job she is.

It's quite possible she didn't want to run it but the decision was made above her pay grade and she was left to carry the can.

 

[some11]

Let it be known, Frog doesn't mind if cops abuse their power as long as it hasn't happened to him or someone he knows, and they shouldn't be held accountable.

 

[The_Frog]

Y

You be ok if it was one of your family members? Who hasn't had a few too many and carried on like a dick. And then to have weapons deployed on you that are meant to be the last resort before lethal force? I hope the merkin gets millions

Somehow I just don't think he will.