'Don’t take advantage of our system': Commission finds NSW police belittled, intimidated Afghan women during traffic stop

“Don’t argue with me love or you’ll be going in the back of the paddy wagon as an accessory to bloody murder”, a New South Wales police officer tells two women in a video released by the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission.

Two NSW police officers have been found to have engaged in serious misconduct by racially abusing two Afghan women at a traffic stop in Western Sydney.

Two NSW police officers have been found to have engaged in serious misconduct by racially abusing two Afghan women at a traffic stop in Western Sydney. Source: Supplied

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'Don’t take advantage of our system': Commission finds NSW police belittled, intimidated Afghan women during traffic stop | SBS Arabic