Article 5XW73 NSW policeman touched Aboriginal boy’s nipple while laughing with officers, watchdog finds

NSW policeman touched Aboriginal boy’s nipple while laughing with officers, watchdog finds

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Nino Bucci
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Law Enforcement Conduct Commission recommends officer be demoted, but Aboriginal Legal Service calls for him to be fired and charged with assault

A New South Wales police officer touched the exposed nipple of a 15-year-old Aboriginal boy who was sedated and restrained on an ambulance trolley while laughing with other officers and making a turkey noise, the state's law enforcement watchdog has found.

The Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC) recommended in a report released on Tuesday that NSW police consider demoting the officer, who it found had engaged in serious misconduct during the February 2021 incident.

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