We now have mandatory sentencing for assaulting a policeperson a security person, ambulance operators etc. We can now be searched for no reason if we happen to go to an area designated by the police as a trouble spot. Years ago Bill Hassell when he was Police Minister wanted to bring in and make it an offence for more than 5 people to meet up and talk. I think the section was 54b. This is the Liberals at work and with stealth turning this state into a Police State. So now that these weekend revellers are having their wings clipped by mandatory sentencing and not allowing them to use public officers as punchbags the only thing left for these punch happy drinkers to do is to take it out on a cabbie, if you can get a cab that is. For years cab drivers have had to put up with the abuse and violence handed out to them by people who want to go out and get pissed up on a weekend. Nobody has ever come up with a way to change the behaviour of the drinkers, when they are full as googs, its their right to expect someone to get them home regardless of any abuse they want to dish out or run without paying. Cabbies are asking for money upfront to go to the outer regions, good luck to them if they get it because they deserve it. The taxi industry has been a mess for years and will continue to stay that way while the same old crew have their say on how to improve it. I wont mention names because they are beyond mention, they are a disgrace and the cure of more inspectors is laughable and useless. Put your efforts into prosecuting the taxi driver its much easier than making the drunks be more responsible and to behave like human beings.
October 17, 2009...2:49 pm
Western Australia…The Police State
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