NSW Police, a big group of teenagers and the ensuing riot

Catalogue of police blunders at party that was broken up

Police tried to suppress details of their baton-wielding reaction to a teen dance event, but freedom-of-information laws have exposed the embarrassing details. Read more…

I’ve had mixed results with freedom-of-information laws. On this ocassion I was able to get a hold of a useful report into the NSW Police. I asked for the document after writing these earlier articles with Herald journalist David Braithwaite.

October 12, 2006: Dance party riot spray row

October 13, 2006: Critics have a spray over police tactics