ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN
ANARCHIST AGE WEEKLY REVIEW
NUMBER 390, 6-12 MARCH 2000.
BOOK REVIEW
VICTORIA POLICE CORRUPTION
Raymond Hoser 1999, ISBN 09586769 25
Published by KOTABI PUBLICATIONS
It?s refreshing to review a book that takes a peek at the soft
underbelly of the Victorian Police Force. Ever wondered why few if any
Victorian Police officers have seen the inside of a prison? Then you
shouldn?t go past Hoser?s book. A book mind you, that wouldn?t have seen
the light of day if Hoser had buckled under the considerable pressure
that was applied to prevent him publishing this book.
Murder, rape, drugs, theft are some of the sins catalogued in this little
gem that reads like a novel. Unfortunately the list of sins that are
catalogued in
Victoria Police Corruption have happened to real
people with real families. The Victorian Police Force, Australia?s most
effective killing machine has been able to get away with this outrageous
behavior for so long because of political and media corruption.
This 720 page book names names, lists events and shines a torch into the
black heart of the Victorian Police Force. Hoser?s book goes one step
further than the normal shock, horror corruptive expose. Hoser
understands that Police Corruption could not occur without bent
bureaucrats, politicians and a media that?s not willing to rock the
boat.
Victoria Police Corruption should be mandatory reading for every
bureaucrat, every politician and every hack reporter in Victoria. If we
lived in a society that respected the truth,
Victoria Police
Corruption would be on the H.S.C. reading list and Hoser?s name would
have appeared on the New Year?s Eve honors list.
Neither of these things are likely to occur. Hoser and his books have
been shunted to the margins of society because the same people in
authority are using the same corrupt structure, to support the same
corrupt status quo.
VICTORIA POLICE CORUPTION is available from the publishers KOTABI
PUBLISHING, PO Box 599, DONCASTER, VIC 3108, AUSTRALIA Tel: 61 3
9857-4491, Fax: 61 3 9857-4664 E-mail:
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From page 262,"...later that year police trumped up
another charge against him,This time it was "make threat to
kill."Thats usually an easy one to convict because the police
witness says,"He threatened to kill me."The defendant
says,"No I didn't."The judge or magistrate invariably side with
the police.Maximum penalty? 15 years."
No reason for them to lie,right? In my case I'm in luck due to police
overkill,I can blame pressure from at least 3 other agencies to convict
me of something...Anything!
The dickheads are truly desperate.