Australian Federal Police grilled on misleading the Senate

[@KataeKataeHKT]

Rules for thee and not for me. Disgusting and laughable behavior.

[@mclanaford2957]

No not not Laughable AFP. Behaviour is dishonest and show clearly that they are not so different from Shane Drumgold. Dutton was being thrown under the bus when he was not guilty. We are living under a Socialist Regime which has infiltrated into the AFP also . Heads must roll ,like Drumgold.he has a long Prison sentence waiting .

[@straya9485]

Your not immune to criminal prosecutions like king Charles lll is hahaha hohohoho hahahaha lol

[@brianlynch5300]

Good on you Senator! Keep holding them accountable. AFP think they’re above the law!

[@TheGreatest727]

They are cowards in uniform.

[@debradelarue9717]

​@@TheGreatest727corrupt cowards

[@WW11110]

James is a machine

[@endurosl5663]

Have not heard of this Senator before, but am very pleased that someone is holding them to some account. Can you imagine how seriously the AFP might deal with you if they had an allegation against you?

[@clintfulford8103]

Respectfully they couldn’t give a shit, they continually obstruct these senate hearings, they are a law unto themselves and need to be accountable and punished when they deliberately obstruct any scrutiny of their actions. They have become heavily politicised and there absolute contempt for those senators that actually do their jobs trying to work for the Australian people. The continued scoffing at questions an absolute refusal to accept they are in the wrong. They had no intention of revealing they lied to the senate. Not good enough 😡😡

[@MrGoblin60]

These state sponsored thugs are a law unto themselves. Senator, really, you allowed them to take the easy way out by giving them the excuse of "inadvertently giving false information". They're straight out liars.

[@johnbrooks9523]

@@toask2576 Not only are they blatant liars, they're armed & dangerous & united with themselves. Every one of them is affiliated with or under the direction of a secret society. They're not concerned with protecting the public. They're primarily concerned with protecting senior members of that same secret society embedded in the judiciary, bureaucracy & parasitic government. They're nothing but a venomous menace obeying criminals in power. Crossing them or their high ranking masters leads to the loss of a heartbeat via any of myriad methods. Our entire system of government, policing & judiciary is rotten right through to the core. Accountability is not in their vocabulary along with honesty, fairness & respect for the public or the welfare of the public. Gallows must be built & plenty of them. This rotten pack of wannabe god secret society members must be exposed & the gallows put to good use.

[@georgekady4119]

Grubs that basically bash our poor elderly

[@TheFatWorm]

cowards and traitors

[@straya9485]

And young middle aged too

[@shaneobrien148]

Pepper spray microwaved kids in Canberra never forget

[@TheFatWorm]

@@shaneobrien148 we have not forgot nor forgiven, they used the pepper spray, but the OTHER weapon [ sound ] is the Nuremberg deal, they will have some power for 18 months perhaps a tad mora, but be happy in this truth, justice is coming, you will like how this ends. a clue for you [ FISA ] brings down the house, and its begun, no escape no deals, they will fight. we are ready.

[@TheFatWorm]

yes they are all gutless toads, they may find the troops we have / not Australians, a little different, there will be no deals , no one walks away, still about 18 months perhaps a tad longer, hang in there brother REAL justice is coming

[@CohnmanTheBudbarian]

Excuses, zero accountability, and avoiding answering questions to those who are actually elected by the people of this once great country. Yet if my tire is 1mm over a white line at a red light im fined hundreds of dollars, or i'm a criminal... The state of this country atm is appalling.

[@jaxia-eu6jf]

i agree 100%

[@daniellebcooper7160]

yes it is appalling. Just look at the quality of our politicians, theyre the very bottom of the barrel.(with very rare exceptions).

[@drmarine1771]

Your spot on its turned to crap

[@DavidHunter-n8p]

This is very poor and immature from the AFP. Taking responsibility is a good sign of one's leadership abilities and character. Which none of them had.

[@TheAussiedrew]

They are highly paid public servants that have most likely served for a large period of time, they have learnt over time that at any cost, never, ever take the blame, as it may induce some responsibility.

[@straya9485]

The Australian police lie worse than anyone especially in Victoria

[@gordonwells1626]

Institutional shape shifters, blame gamers and outright liars…bureaucratic fat cats humming and ahrring their way to the next self inflicted breach of the law they are tasked to uphold themselves but don’t. These people should be sacked for incompetence and prosecuted lawless behaviour.

[@dfor50]

Senator Paterson doesn't let much get past him.

[@daniellebcooper7160]

I hope he does that for everyone, regardless of who they are.

[@angelaburrell4649]

Well done Senator They should have corrected that false statement immediately!!!

[@rchobbyhut3627]

AFP does not like being held accountable for anything. Disgusting behavior!

[@crikey6981]

Senior police officials providing misleading info? And they want to be absolved of wrong doing? How many of their subordinates have laid the full weight of the law on 1,000s of members of the public for doing the same thing?

[@TheProcecution]

they love abducting children, thugs with guns

[@deniswauchope3788]

The Federal Police were caught with their pants down, lying through their teeth. They should've had a proper drubbing, not just "...at the first opportunity you must correct the record." There should've been firings!

[@george-martin]

more lies from criminals

[@straya9485]

Police bad guy's shame on them

[@vernonwhite4660]

Good work Senator. Your sharper than all of them put together!

[@jaxia-eu6jf]

Shame on the AFP. Be honest for once . People in Australia use to respect our police force but since convid...nope lost all respect for them since they stopped protecting the citizens of Australia

[@PatRick1981-s1w]

Yes exactly

[@AwakenedAvocado]

They showed their colours hold all accountable especially politicians who ordered and maintained this Tyranny.

[@TheGreatest727]

They are security guards for the Government as far as im concerned.

[@vivrowe2763]

Funny, I never did, knew too much about them years ago, just is wasn't visual as it was during lock downs!

[@Leosarebetter]

I went from someone who would have been first to jump in and help the Police - after covid I would not lift a finger to help these thugs in blue. They themselves proved beyond any doubt that they are never to be trusted. The bashings, the standover tactics, false arrests, intimidation all proved that they are just thugs.

[@steveflanagan9749]

Well done Senator, holding these people to account.

[@dimitrimorgan6676]

"A Couple of Days" famous quotes from Con the fruiterer.

[@brettleonard8602]

A fish rots from the head, all these clowns need to be investigated and prosecuted.

[@wolfschuller8851]

Disgraceful, and these guys are supposedly leaders and protectors in our society. Excuses, one after the other, abound.

[@ruthshaw1037]

I love the way you handled the questioning. You caught them out. God bless you

[@stuartdale347]

Wow, how are these people in these positions so incompetent? They should be audited and removed from office and off the gravy train.

[@lauriejones3198]

So obviously the first question to these weasels, should always be do you have anything to correct from previous statements, amd from there get on to the days business. Prosecute those who do not correct the record before being asked the awkward question. Excellent work Senator!

[@glenbelson5485]

Thank you senator. You are highlighting what we all know.

[@Adam-fj6ls]

This country is at a 1990 soviet union stage. Half the nation want it to fail.

[@daniellebcooper7160]

Australia was still good back in 1990....before political correctness came along.

[@Adam-fj6ls]

@@daniellebcooper7160 the soviet union collapsed in 1991. Australia is at 1990 soviet union.

[@daniellebcooper7160]

@@Adam-fj6ls Im using 1990 as a reference, not what was happening in russia. I dont think half the country want to see it fail, more like half of who voted for albo, so maybe %16.

[@akilaliyanage]

Not half mate, people who are on top plus probably less than 10%. Look at our prime minister, he is a member of WEF, so obviously he is not going to serve us.

[@justicelawandorder6502]

Good on you for questioning the police, well done for holding police accountable. POLICE MUST FOLLOW RULES!

[@regrees3706]

Corruption misleading Corruption. That pretty much sums it up.

[@HighlanderGeoff]

I am a former member of both the ACT Police and Australian Federal Police. I was one of the first members in Canberra to be sworn into the Australian Federal Police on the night shift starting on 18 October 1979. We were sworn in after mid-night - that being on 19 October, the inception of the AFP. (Even these numb-nuts can instruct a staff member to track me down to identify me - there aren't many of us left). These so-called Police Officers are an embarrassment, even more worrying, they are supposed to be managers of Police personnel. They might speak with confidence and bravado but the angriest man that they would have encountered would have been a distressed and ill-treated Police Officer under their command. I doubt that they would have felt the collar of a truly angry man who had a history of assaults, and I doubt that they had to comfort victims of crimes or deal with serious assailants, robbers, thieves, rapists and child molesters. They would not know how to de-escalate a volatile situation and to then to calmly and fairly interview offenders off such crimes. I had never been seriously assaulted in my time as a Police Officer, but I truly suspect that, if any of these guys had been operational Police Officers, they would have been assaulted by crooks who would have been provoked by the arrogance of these fools. Given their presentation before the Senate Committee, they clearly do not know the law governing their responsibility to the Parliament or to the community. Yet, I can almost guarantee that, if a Constable were to give evidence in Court with the same level of avoidance, misleading remarks, pretense of ignorance - essentially, false testimony - he or she would be dragged over the coals and face disciplinary action. I'm so glad that I am no longer associated with an organisation governed by this band of dishonest no-hopers.

[@swagmanexplores7472]

I worked with all three current senior AFP officers in General duties on the streets back in the day in Canberra so your assumptions are quite manifestly incorrect, however I do agree this is not a good look and the culture of Policing has changed markedly since then

[@advanceaustralia386]

@@swagmanexplores7472 Lol the hard streets of Canberra…right.

[@HighlanderGeoff]

@swagmanexplores7472 I concede to your first-hand experiences of these individuals. Perhaps they were commendable Officers when they were performing 'real' Police work. But in my time, most senior officers were fueling their own climb to the upper ranks by adopting the style of those who they are trying to emulate and replace. That is, they were selfish, slimy operators looked to advance their careers rather than being leaders who are to be driven to make a community a safer place. When they got to their dizzying heights, they forgot the purpose of "the job". I could name a senior ranking officer who killed the start of an investigation into alleged corrupt behaviour of senior politicians that I had initiated in the early 1990s. An Assistant Commissioner, no less, killed any further investigation only TWO days after he had approved the operation. The irony and hypocrisy is that, after the brief details came to the notice of newspaper at the time, the AFP came after me. Things might have changed during your time, but I gave up trusting senior ranking Police a very long time ago. The manner in which these current senior offers present their 'evidence' before the Senate confirms to me that little has changed within the senior ranks of the AFP.

[@swagmanexplores7472]

@@HighlanderGeoff Yeah it’s all about politics these days rather than law enforcement Geoff

[@NathanCroucher]

These are not public servant anymore, they are tools of the gov (LNP) not the public. PM Malcolm Fraser refused to sack the head of the treasury John Stone, because he said something like public servants serve the public not some transient government of the day. And then little jonny come along and culled a heap of the heads of departments and replaced them with his stooges, Abbot did the same cause he's nuts, and morroson when he come in said something like "you do what i say" The LNP took away public servants ability to be frank and honest and replaced it with a fear of being sacked. Its this guy pattersons party that did this.

[@thehealthymindsethub]

Brilliant Senator, thank you for holding them accountable.

[@mabaker391]

The Australian people have been asking for help and doing everything possible to expose the corrupt AFP - why is the senate only responding now?

[@TerenceBischoff]

Yes they are corrupt.

[@mclanaford2957]

Thank you God For Sen Paterson. Well done trying ….to keep the bastards Honest. You have a huge job ahead Sen Paterson. the rot in the AFP starts at the top.

[@letmeexplain1816]

​@@three.one_four.... Exactly

[@conformitytofact5224]

We sure need a lot more men like you in the senate to hold those with power responsible to the people/nation and their actions, THANK YOU

[@LodgicalThoughts]

They knew the rules mate. Good grilling but I’d prefer you unstrap your RM Belt and flog these naughty boys for lying!

[@straya9485]

Lock them up for life no bail no parole and take all there money and assists make a example out of them for other corrupt police officers to take notice treat them like a civilian

[@sageowl5032]

Senator Paterson, there are jail cells within the parliament complex, isn't there? So why don't you put them to good use. Lock them up!

[@viol8r007]

Senator , you have the power to throw them in Jail .....IN JAIL my man ..These people are spose to be above reproach . They are not allowed to appeal they are not entitled to legal Council. Jail Senator Jail ,it may make them sit up ....

[@andymcrae4661]

Jail

[@TheFatWorm]

nah, Nuremberg code is the only way.

[@TheFatWorm]

@AlienHunter2012 Q

[@richardnord8484]

Like all career criminals, it was a perfectly honest mistake, we have never and Will never lie.

[@evelynmcmenamin4330]

We will never forget the despicable tyrany by the Gestapo

[@gordonwells1626]

The AFP have been getting better and better at this….misleading the Australian public….their performance is abysmal. They have been running hard cover for Government malfeasance for the last 3 years now. Following in the footsteps of the FBI….State sponsored law unto themselves.

[@debradelarue9717]

AFP not above the law. Corruption everywhere.

[@CoinFueledExotics]

Absolutelyyyyyyyy Roasted. Even MY heart was racing for the AFP 😂

[@xchazz86]

Why are we paying taxes to sponsor lavish lifestyles for these corrupt officials? I want all my hard earned tax dollars back.

[@mightyricho8526]

Something is rotten in Denmark here. Much collaboration and laying down of smokescreens. Yet again, the AFP smell of being a protection gang for the Coalition. And Australians notice.

[@calanmacleod3948]

Caught lying, that’s in police. Who would have thought that could happen.

[@johfu4705]

The ironed uniforms and glittering badges on their soldiers should not project these bureaucrats from consequences for their illegal behaviour.

[@anthonymaddison9588]

He's shaking like he just drove into a RBT.

[@artadrians]

Unbelievable, how corruption is rife throughout the people that have the HIGHEST RESPONSIBILITY...WE NEED TO WEED OUT ...ALL THE BEAURACRATES. .. PROSECUTIONS HAVE TO TAKE PLACE...!!!

[@jamesdanton9033]

I've been lied to the last five interactions I've had with police. Then they get upset when they're told they have and I know. I wish we had real people of character in these positions instead of the most corrupt and/or seeking power.

[@advanceaustralia386]

Sack the lot of them. These are dishonest men.

[@s4060]

With ZERO PENALTY for lying and also NOT providing the correct data until pushed. ZERO PENALTY for lying. What does that say? Try that in court? Try that as a child? Yet the police LIE constantly and have ZERO PENALTIES. WHY???? What sort of system do we have where this can happen? How do we teach our kids it is not okay and yet here at the HIGHEST LEVELS it is okay?!

[@AlexSmith-gr4hp]

“I reject strenuously the term ‘lie’. What we provided was a truth placeholder that was yet to be vetted against reality and subject to normal processes of verification, and which is subject to full fortification and adjustment in the event of enquiry against the veracity of the placeholder statement”

[@josephradley3160]

There is also no penalty for Dutton being a criminal prick who can have his party flunkies grilling the AFP over minor shit.

[@Dont_Gnaw_on_the_Kitty_1]

Because Libs worship law ans order and the police. Can't have them held to account, the rusted ons would have coniptions.

[@ozrob76]

@AlexSmith-gr4hp Oh you're gooood!... you've been in the public service at some point, haven't you?.... 😅

[@CiCi-h4h]

Corrupt. Sack them all! Seriously... what a joke.

[@jjwebster7892]

Quite refreshing and full of optimistic hope once again still thank you Senator James Patterson your service is appreciated

[@crazyhorse7993]

Criminals that answer to no one

[@stevenkorezelidis804]

senator you are a breath of fresh air.

[@alanharrison573]

So many senior public servants are either incompetent, insolent or plain dumb! We need to formally discipline these people so that they learn their lesson!

[@wyattfamily8997]

But they are ALL very well paid regardless.

[@michelehemmings7053]

Sack the lot of them, they think they're above the law

[@mattluszczak8095]

Let the people vote in police commisioners and heqd of police in each station!

[@ditzyfifi]

The very sad part of this is that they have no idea or acceptance of their wrong doing. Sack them all. Time to get some integrity back into our public servants.

[@reccerat4446]

The cop answering the question fiddles and shakes more with his pen than a three legged donkey with a whiskey habit! So much corruption.

[@offroadingfoz]

Thank you 🙏🏻 very much!

[@nonprophetlifts]

Trapped like a rat I was caught, that's a fact ....

[@davejolley67]

Pathetic. Public servants who lie , are corrupt , and yet as always no ones held accountable. NOTHING MORE THAN ARMED THUGS.

[@zaneaussie]

I think it was deliberate!

[@jamesc6363]

I'd still like to know what weapon the AFP deployed against peaceful protestors outside Parliament Canberra during covid19 protests...What was it, who authorized it?

[@Th4thWiseman]

It was microwave weapon 👍

[@ozrob76]

@jamesc6363 A directed energy weapon. There are a group of people that have been saying for years now (decades, maybe?) that they are being targeted with the same - and people call them crazies. .. 🤷🏻‍♂️ Pretty astonishing how quickly they had it on hand and set it up for peaceful protesters, hey?

[@Heisthelightoftheworld]

We've been checking everything and we've found its all correct really truly cos wees da police...oh and we're real sorry you caught us out. And if we think we'll get away with it again we'll probably....

[@doobresick]

AFP don’t deserve our respect… as neither do most police forces.. they have proved over and over again.

[@bradwaghorn8955]

The AFP is an absolute joke. The Australian public deserve better.

[@OzSafe1]

It’s not the correction, it’s the false statement in first place that’s troubling.

[@danielebenedetti1533]

We’ll done Senator 👏

[@gregbuckley1078]

Again NO SHAME OR ACCOUNTABILITY. When will this STOP.

[@andrewdunlop5771]

Squirm, duck, weave , unbelievable

[@sultanabran1]

it's typical. it's funny. the excuses and weaselling i hear here, are the same ones i use at work.

[@kelvinring5690]

"They can never hide the truth no matter how hard they try. There will come a day when, all the lies will collapse under their own weight, and the truth will triumph again." Joseph Goebbels, 1945

[@ls8028]

There response is totally unacceptable.

[@georgekady4119]

Where’s all the comments ??

[@dukejet6997]

Well done senior 😊

[@bakedbuffaloewings3303]

Lock them up

[@Poorlineforeva]

The AFP has always been the paramilitary arm of the lnp. Royal commission is required. Another mess for the albanese Labor government to fix

[@SCAGMONKY]

Lie so easily and without any integrity

[@paulvk2539]

best senator by far

[@ZalMoxis]

How much longer are these liars going to be able to get away with all of the things they're doing??

[@ovelhanegra3658]

And I want to know... is there any consequence for these AFP's for NOT TELLING THE TRUTH? 🎪 🎪 🎪 🎪

[@turboman8522]

good on you Senator

[@BobJulie]

Like the old saying goes . . . "a fish rots from the head"

[@timmcgrath676]

Just following orders not going to be good enough Nuremberg code has been broken No sterilization of kids No transhumanism agenda to a post human world No transhumanism agenda CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY

[@seanwalker2070]

AFP is atrocious.

[@derekthompson2868]

Blatant liars!

[@rushelm8101]

I believe that James Paterson WILL be a great leader and Prime MInister of Australia. Anything less will amount to a lost opportunity and a travesty of the optimal path for Australian politics. Mr. Paterson please consider

[@jewellive2819]

Thank you Senator for uncovering so many problems within the Government & Law makers. They seem to be squirming.

[@EmilyW.isawakenotwoke]

Lol. I can hear a lot of pen clicking going on from the feds bench .. nervous boys? You should be.

[@EmilyW.isawakenotwoke]

@overlander123 😉

[@R0gue0ne]

When did digging in if you've made an error become acceptable?

[@Mellownius]

Same the world over .. hearings , questions , implications and obsfucations … zero consequence

[@kriztov265]

People sadly are way to slow or lazy for that matter to look into so much that is paid for by ourselves. As such we dont really have a clue what is going on until it is too late in some cases. The AFP is a taxpayer funded organization and as such is supposed to operate in the best interests of the Australian people but it would appear that they also operate on the best interests of certain individuals or organizations like the major political parties. The charter or rules under which they operate should be thrown open for review by the Australian people and if deemed necessary reformed so it conforms with the wishes of the Australian people in line with our constitution and beliefs.

[@craigshugg2332]

Anyone else think our police uniforms are looking more like what the SS use to wear.

[@johnkearney478]

Look at these uniforms ... My father served in the 2nd World War and he said to me that these uniforms remind him of " The Geheime Staatspolizie" .. The Gestapo !! ... The only thing thats missing on the uniform is the Gestapo's Eagle and Iron cross patch.

[@surfguy7418]

Yea Kershaw's body language shows he was lying the whole time

[@pennywise4843]

This country was finished long ago.

[@crouchingwombathiddenquoll5641]

Not often the top gang bosses are held to account. Wonder what happened to the man in blue that Tasered the 95 year old lady with dementia to death ?

[@ozrob76]

@crouchingwombathiddenquoll5641 Good question. She WAS advancing on them though... with a Zimmer frame... 😬😳

[@S3NTRY]

Imagine if the political power were reversed, in this scenario. The Project would be having a field day.

[@alexfagyas9342]

Congratulations to you James Patterson fir for your fantastic speech .. you have wisdom James , and you have a calm peaceful and very patience personality. I know it is not easy dealing with left socialism government.

[@tezrh]

Wow!

[@anthonymaddison9588]

Are any of these people necessary?

[@lodileipoldt4412]

Well done!! senator Paterson