'We are better off protecting ourselves': Bourke St families take aim at police

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The widow of a man killed in the rampage has accused some police officers of being more concerned with protecting their careers than the safety of citizens. 9News

The inquest has heard Detective Senior Constable Murray Gentner, who Gargasoulas was obsessed with, tried in vain to get him to surrender on the morning of the tragedy via phone and text messages while police chased him across several suburbs after he stabbed his brother."The whole plan was hinging on this one person negotiating with the offender," Ms Tan said.Family members of Yosuke Kanno, who was killed in the Bourke Street rampage, leave the Coroners Court of Victoria in Melbourne.

Mr Si's father, Kheng Si, struggled to understand the events leading to that day and how the offender defeated the legal system to win bail, despite multiple prior breaches, and then elude law enforcers as he continue to offend."Regrettably the outcome was six young, innocent people lost their lives," he said."There seemed to be no accountability," he said.Family leave court at the start of the inquest.

Matthew Bryant shed tears as he spoke of his three-month-old baby Zachary who died after Gargasoulas hit the infant's pram with his stolen Holden Commodore.A statement read by Hitomi Hattori on behalf of the brother of victim Yosuke Kanno said he now felt Australia was a country "generous to criminals".Coroner Jacqui Hawkins adjourned the inquest until May 25, when parties will make oral submissions.

 

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Thats why we should have the right to protected ourselves just like the Americans do with their 2nd Amendment. So Behind in the times......

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