Tetaan Henning is planning to sue NSW Police after he was check-drilled onto a busy road, had his arm was snapped and was called a "c**t" by an officer outside a Wagga Wagga pub.
Charges laid months after the incident were all dismissed after a successful defence by Paul McGirr.
“That is a busy highway and the officer is lucky he did not kill my client by pushing him into the path of a truck,” Paul McGirr said. “And couple this with the fact that the officer has severely injured my client and then somehow reasons that he had cause to charge him with assaulting police.”
In arguing the offensive language charge, one of the officers agreed they had called Mr Henning a “c--t” after he swore when he asked them why they had ejected two of his friends – one with a brain injury and the other who is a quadriplegic – from the pub.
The court was also told that the officer who pushed Mr Henning did not follow correct police procedures by issuing a move-on order before using force on the 43-year-old.
“It’s like the wild west of Wagga Wagga,” Mr McGirr said. “It’s disgraceful behaviour and it always starts from the top.”
