Another one from Frank.
If you find reading this distressing we suggest you return to the Bolt Report and the editorial of the Australian for a measured more clinically biased view as to why executions in aboriginal communities uphold the status quo. So that we, on the coastal fringes can feel good about the things that count, housing affordability, petrol prices and franking credits.
For Valour. Rolfe 1#
He writes;
Hola again,
Judge Burns lifted all court injunctions on the matter of Constable Rolfe’s murder trial.
After the ‘not guilty’ verdict, the Rolfe camp couldn’t contain themselves and went on a crusade to spread the message that a grave injustice had been inflicted on poor Constable Rolfe. They called for an inquiry into why the arrest and charges had happened in the first place. The CLP opposition jumped in and backed the call. Chief Minister Michael Gunner and Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker had visited Yuendumu within days of the shooting. Michael Gunner’s phrase “consequences will follow” was seized on as a clear case of politicisation of a tragic situation. How this is any different to Scott Morison visiting flooded towns in New South Wales I fail to see, but that is another story.
For integrity. Rolfe#1
This is where the Rolfe camp shot themselves in the foot. In my opinion Judge Burns had been anything but unbiased when directing the jury, but the Rolfe camp’s post-not guilty verdict antics proved too much for the judge.
When lifting ALL court injunctions Judge Burns said it was particularly important to ensure open scrutiny, “particularly so where there are post-trial claims made of interference in the charging process” (the Rolfe camp alleged that political pressure was behind what they considered a hasty and unwarranted arrest).
Throughout the trial I rapidly came to the conclusion that Constable Rolfe had deliberately hunted Kumanjayi Walker. In the end it was a deliberate execution, as I saw it. I felt restrained to say this, and it still makes me uncomfortable. I’ll let Zach Rolfe speak for himself:
For Family Values. Rolfe 1#
These are texts Zachary Rolfe had sent to an army mate…
Message 1- “Alice Springs sucks ha ha. The good thing is it’s like the Wild West and fuck all the rules in the job really… but it’s a shit hole. Good to start here coz of the volume of work but will be good to leave”
Message 2- “We have this small team in Alice, IRT, immediate response team. We’re not full time, just get called up from Gd’s (general duties) for high risk jobs, it’s a sweet gig, just get to do cowboy stuff with no rules.”
My friends and I used to play cowboys and indians. We used to sneak up on each other with bows and arrows and occasionally have stone throwing battles. Every now and then someone would get hurt, which resulted in an immediate cease fire. We grew up and the games ceased. We were never issued with Glock pistols.
For the best policy advice on Occupation. Rolfe1# ( Rolfe’s father accepts award).
Yapa grievances have been condensed into “no more guns on communities”
Just as important is local input and say in recruiting, and not just police.
Whoever thought that recruiting army war veterans to become policemen was a good idea?
Have been racking my brain for some appropriate music. Or a joke or so.
Suggestions are welcome. What happened is just not funny, nothing will bring back Kumanjayi Walker, but the exposure of Zachary Rolfe as a nasty deluded individual gives us a glimmer of justice, and maybe give pause to those who have swallowed the lies and deception of the deliberate campaign to paint a 19-year-old Warlpiri man as a dangerous criminal and my beloved Yuendumu as a violent dysfunctional place which needs to be brought to heel.
Just a bit of nice non-sequitur music will have to do.
Hasta luego,
Frank
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLLjQcyK4eU
Transitioning to a more viable policy on mutations post WW111. Rolfe 1# ( Rolfe’s cousin endorses policy initiative)