'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

Two NSW Police Force officers have found to have engaged in serious misconduct by belittling two Afghan women during a traffic stop in Sydney's west.

The Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC) has released a video of the Senior Constables officers dealing with the women in April this year after an investigation determined the pair had acted inappropriately. 

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