Police shot and killed a 15 year old boy carrying knives at a Northcoate Skate Park in Melbourne on Thursday night.

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.

Two days later, the MSN have “Updated” the original reports, editing out any outcry about trigger happy police and instead replacing it with new information portraying the boy a “neo-Nazi,” “white supremacist,” “racist,” “gang” member of Southern Cross Soldiers. The MSN then proceeded with a virtual trial by media, finding the boy guilty of being a “white supremacist” and sentencing him to death – post mortem.

What the MSN failed to tell you was that Tyler Cassidy was a scrawny kid who got the crap belted out of him regularly by ethnic gangs and had joined SCS for the comradeship and self defence. In his own words he loved Australia more than anything.

The police knew precisely who Tyler was that night. They knew his family and more important still, they knew and disapproved of his developing political beliefs.

In a state where the Attorney General has just announced that he will be passing laws legalising racial and sexual discrimination against White males, Tyler was a non-entity. A cipher that the government and police would prefer to wipe out of existence. And that is precisely what the police did.

Not knowing the entire circumstances, we are left to wait for the coroner’s report. However, what is immediately obvious is that backed into a corner and surrounded by police – who remained at a distance of 10 to 15 metres, Tyler was more of a visual threat with his two kitchen knives, than he was an actual threat.

According to the police they ordered him to drop the knives and fired one warning shot into the air. When Tyler refused, three of the officers shot him six times in the chest. There were no further attempts to try and subdue him with capsicum spray. Their reasoning is that the first two attempts to subdue Tyler with cap ...

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