We will protect Indian students: Smith
The Advertiser | May 31, 2009
http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,25564486-5005962,00.html
FOREIGN Minister Stephen Smith says Australia is doing all it can to prevent more attacks on Indian students.
They include two stabbings in Melbourne last week that have left one man fighting for his life in hospital.
Indian authorities believe there’s a racial element at work.
Mr Smith told Network Ten the government is working with the Indian community in Australia and India as well as state authorities to bring the perpetrators to justice and to ensure a safe environment for all international students.
Prime Minister Kevin …

Initial reports were sketchy, but according to the MSN (Mainstream Media), police had attempted to subdue 15 year old Tyler Cassidy with capsicum spray, and then pursued him to the Skate Park where four officers cornered the boy and from 10 to 15 metres away fired six shots into his chest, killing him. As could be predicted, there was an immediate outcry in the MSN (Mainstream Media) about trigger happy, heavy handed police brutality.
