Subject: Victorian Police Corruption.

             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
        Its 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
    shouldnt go past Hosers book. A book mind you, that wouldnt 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, Australias 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. Hosers 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 thats 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 Hosers name would have appeared
                      on the New Years 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: adder@smuggled.com
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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.

References

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