The policing of LGBTQ+ people casts a long, dark shadow. Marching at Mardi Gras must be backed up with real change
- Written by: Justin Ellis, Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Newcastle, University of Newcastle
Public trust and confidence in NSW Police has been sorely tested in the past two weeks. The charging of a police officer with the murders of a Sydney gay couple, Jesse Baird and Luke Davies, has seen shock turn to grief and then anger.
NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb’s framing of the case as a “crime of passion” downplayed the...
