Bourke Street Massacre Enabled by Moonbattery

The results are unfortunate wherever moonbattery is applied. When it is applied to police work and the justice system, people get killed. Australia’s recent Bourke Street Massacre provides an example.

Jimmy Gargasoulas, 26, has been charged with murder after five people were killed and many others badly injured when he allegedly deliberately ran down pedestrians in the Melbourne mall after police had tailed him for hours beforehand. …

In the hours before the mall attack, Gargasoulas had allegedly stabbed his brother, kidnapped his girlfriend and been followed by police. He also stunned bystanders by doing doughnuts outside Flinders St Station just before driving down the mall. Two teenage boys with baseball bats tried to stop him.

That was more than the police had been willing to do for the past 16 hours or so. Why did they not save innocent lives by apprehending him sooner?

Victoria police had been directed not to shoot at or rush to intercept stolen or suspect cars months before last Friday’s Bourke St Mall car attack.

The Herald Sun reported on Wednesday that Deputy Commissioner Andrew Crisp wrote in an email to all officers in September: “Plan your approach and response when intercepting a stolen or suspect vehicle — time is on your side.”

The two children who were killed might not agree.

Police union secretary, Detective Senior Sergeant Ron Iddles, has said there were several occasions where police believed they could have safely intercepted and arrested him, but were told not to by their superiors. …

Within hours of the tragedy sources within the police said there had been seven occasions where they could have safely tried to intercept Gargasoulas.

But the allegation is that on each occasion staff were told not to attempt it by their superiors.

Apparently inspired by a moonbatty safety-first mentality, police got people killed by waiting for Gargasoulas to tire himself out.

The maniac was out on bail at the time. The lost lives would have been spared had he still been behind bars. Here is why he wasn’t — from the Australian, via the Herald Sun:

The alleged Bourke Street killer was wanted on warrants and facing 20 charges — including dangerous driving over a police chase, assault and breach of bail — when he was released by a volunteer bail justice only days before five people died, including three-month-old Zachary Bryant.

Who are these volunteer bail justices, who can be as young as 18?

To become a bail justice, applicants require no formal qualifications. They complete a course and meet selection criteria including strong interpersonal and conflict management skills, initiative, empathy and cultural awareness.

Even if they don’t understand bail laws, at least they have empathy and cultural awareness.

Good thing Australia banned guns. Now everyone is safe.

On a tip from Andrew in Australia.