RS> Lord Bloody Wog Rollo

BL> He was from Argentina...

RS> Yeah, clearly one of nature's eccentrics. But then again,
RS> they have heaps of poms there, maybe it was in his genes.

BG> The hispanics have always been a rather excitable race though,

True, but like Yugoslavs, I cant say I have ever met a completely sane one |-)

BG> and the mind boggles at what might happen if one was crossed with a pom.

True.

BL> It's a sad story, actually. Lord Wog Rollo was convinced
BL> that the police were out to get him for being a wog,

BG> What makes you think that he was wrong though?  |-)

RS> Interesting in some ways considering what the drug
RS> baron has been telling me about the cops and him.

BG> You sure keep some interesting company, Rod.  |-)

Yeah, must admit I had the same reaction, funny how life turns out
at times. I actually knew him first when he must have been about 15,
kicked out of school quite soon after. He always was a right loony,
I remember the first time I saw him he had a massive collection of
burns down the inside of each arm as a result insane games involved
in seeing who could hold a lighted cigarette like that longest. I
thought at the time that we had a right loony here.

Surprised he's actually lasted so long actually, he's 34 now, wife
and two kids. Never actually worked a day in his life, paid a total
of $2.50 in tax apparently.

Fascinating commentary on how society treats the dregs like that
in some ways. He got kicked out of school for being a total loony,
he is literally a psychopath with quite visible manifestations of
it like that even in those days. I think he got chucked out for a
punchup with a teacher or something, forget.

He is now doing an external law degree from UNE in Armidale. All
paid for by the state of course. He'd actually make a hell of a
lawyer if it wasnt for his insanity, fantastic memory for the law,
he can basically quote you great chunks of the Criminal Justice Act
right out of his head and cite appeals court judgements etc. Far
better than any of the real lawyers I know too, including magistrates.

Quite interesting in some ways, he apparently has one of the magistrates
who enjoys having weekly joust during the 'Chamber Magistrate' sessions
that all the courts have. They apparently thrash over some made up case
etc for an hour or two with all the others sitting outside waiting for
their session with the magistrate. Presumably the magistrate finds it
gives a lift to the week or something.

RS> Wouldnt surprise me in the slightest to see him in the paper
RS> having been shot. Perfect excuse too actually given him being
RS> a pretty obvious psychopath etc too.

I've spoken to him again the other night since I wrote that and
it certainly looks like some of the cops are attempting to ride
him hard enough get him to react and then shoot him. Tho he
claims they have been told to lay off by the chief inspector.

BG> Trouble is, when you put a pimply school-kid in a copper's uniform,
BG> give him a bloody great gun, then tell him to go and arrest a real
BG> heavy crim, is it any wonder the scared little bastard shoots first? 
BG> I probably would have done too at that age, if the truth be known.

True. OTOH there is also a very real problem with a significant number
of the cops deliberately wanting to be cops so they can do stuff like
that. I still rather vividly remember one cop giving me a lift from the
central sydney copshop out past Parramatta on his way home when some
dork buggered up my car and I hitched back to Canberra. He was raving
on about what he liked about being a cop, rocking up at the murder scene
with all the gore around etc. Another raving loony, this time in uniform.

RS> Thats certainly what happened in VIC, they decided that the
RS> crims were winning, a considerable number of crims end up as
RS> corpses. And a few cops too, mostly kids who didnt stand a chance.

BG> Yeah, it's open warfare down there.  Always has been much worse
BG> that Sydney though.

Dunno, it will be interesting to see how all the Neddy Smith stuff
pans out. Wouldnt surprise me in the slightest if it all comes
gloriously unstuck ala the way the QLD stuff did. In some ways NSW
has always been worse with attempted executions of other cops by cops.
Let alone ACT police commissioners becoming ex police commissioners
as JC would say.

BG> I used to work with an ex-Victorian from the docks, and he
BG> told me stories which would curl your hair (if you have any).

Yeah, quite a bit of that stuff came out during the Royal Commission
into the Painters and Dockers, Costigan and all.

Corse only NSW has actually had now two politicians executed too.
Particularly with Don Mackay, its a pretty clear case of accidentally
on purpose letting the information leak out which results in the
system taking its course to the inevitable corpse.

RS> Had Carl came tearing round the corner of the house with
RS> baton in hand. Gave the burglar a hell of a fright I can
RS> tell you, Carl is built like a brick shithouse |-)

BG> Given Griffith's relatively higher rate of Mafia-based crime,
BG> are your coppers all built like the back end of a bus?

Nar, in fact with most of them its the usual thing, you know you
are getting old when the cops look like high school kids. Carl
probably never looked like a high school kid, and at that time
was a sergeant.

BG> More interestingly, I wonder how long they stay posted there,
BG> considering the potential for corruption by the drug bosses?

The ones involved in that sort of area can stay there for absolutely
ages, like 20 years or something that some of the more senior ones
like the licensing sargent did. Corse a lot of the ones around when
Mackay got executed were disposed of eventually, most actually leaving
the police force.

We do get lots of the trainees straight of the college tho, much more
than most places. They dont stay long, forget what the usual thing is
6 months or something.

We have just had interesting situation where the chief inspector had
moved on to run the whole southern region and just as he was leaving
got internal affairs come close to cashier him for not keeping adequate
control of the drug exhibits. Not at all easy workout whats actually
going on between the lines, so far he appears to have just got away
with a severe reprimand. Some suggestion that it was actually the
drug baron who was responsible for getting him caught, but he claims
he doesnt know anything about it.

BL> I'm not sure how you'd go renaming yourself Kentucky Fried
BL> Chicken Grimsley, but I guess you could do it.

BG> Dunno, Collins Food International hold the copyright to
BG> that name, and I strongly doubt they'd let you get away
BG> with copyright infringement.


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