Korey Penny and Victoria Police agree he was stopped while riding his bike to work yesterday, but their stories differ widely from there. Police admit they did not turn their bodycams on to record the incident.
A construction worker has accused police officers of knocking him off his bike, assaulting him and calling him a "black c***" while he was riding his bike to work in inner Melbourne.Noongar man Korey Penny says Melbourne police called him a "black c***" and assaulted himThe two diverging accounts may not be resolved because police body cameras were turned off
"The police members involved in this incident were not aware of the man's ethnicity until it was later confirmed after they had a verbal interaction with him," a police statement said. "They didn't even ask for a permit, they didn't ask for anything," Mr Penny said. "I just got bashed.Police officer 'not able' to activate body camera
"Even though police should turn their cameras on when they're exercising a police power or where an incident is occurring — there are times when due to the dynamic nature of an incident the camera may not be turned on." Mr Penny said he told the officer that he was riding to work. He said he was slowing down so he could stop, when he was "spear tackled" to the ground, landing on his arm."When I hit the ground, [the police officer] put his two hands on me, grabbed my t-shirt and smashed me up and down on the ground," Mr Penny said.Mr Penny said while he was on the ground, he told the officers he had come from WA to work.
Mr Penny's lawyer, Jeremy King from Robinson Gill, called for an urgent and independent investigation."It is extremely concerning that an innocent person has been assaulted pretty viciously by Victoria Police and has been hospitalised.
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