Foole's Journal: Drunk on IRC

<Foole> i was wanding around a building site with a mate
<Foole> dodgy mate...
<Foole> and these 2 guys turn up yelling "police, get up against the wall"
<Foole> and im thinking ... police dont act like that to ppl hanging around building sites
<Foole> so i just stand there
<Foole> and one of them tries to jump me
<Foole> so i got him in a headlock
<Foole> and he keeps punching me in the head
<Foole> eventally i gave in
<Foole> and it turns out they were police
<Foole> so i got charged with assault of a police officer
<Foole> and got the crap beaten out of me in the interview room
<Foole> for an hour or so
<Foole> and they kept trying to get me to lie on the interview tape
<Foole> to say i was there to steal stuff
<Foole> to justify their actions
<Foole> yah i stuck to the truth
<Foole> and got beaten more for doing that
<Foole> i was 17
<Foole> and it still fills me with anger thinking about it
<Foole> my barrister for the court hearing told me it happens all the time
<Foole> yeah we got a copy of the recording
<Foole> and im typing it up
<Foole> they acutally screwed up a bit
<Foole> and i think that helped my case a lot
<Foole> he tried to charge me with trying to stab him with a screwdriver
<Foole> cos my mate had a screwdriver on him
<Foole> in the interview he said i tried to stab him with my right hand
<Foole> but im left handed
<Foole> they had to drop that charge
<Foole> and several others
<Foole> but i still got charged with assault of police

This happened in September 1990. The police officer's name was Glen Andrew Harris.

This was a pretty big event in my life. I have lots of random memories associated with it. Most of them fill me with anger and frustration. I'm planning on posting the interview transcript on this blog.

Outside the court house, my barrister said something like "If justice is people getting what they deserve, then i've never seen it".