22:03 EDT, 2 March 2021
Shocking footage has emerged of the moment a senior police officer arrested a transgender woman because she didn t say hello when he entered the pub.
The CCTV video shows Anya Bradford being arrested by Senior Constable Mark Follingon in the Golden Fleece Hotel in Liverpool, south-west Sydney, in 2019.
Ms Bradford is intercepted by two police officers as she tries to leave the pub, with the senior constable grabbing the woman s arm to prevent her from leaving.
CCTV footage reveals the moment police intercepted Ms Bradford as she tried to leave the Golden Fleece Hotel in Sydney s south-west
An argument ensued, a Sydney court heard on Tuesday, when the 61-year-old officer asked for Ms Bradford s name and ID and was told to f off , 7News reported.
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A senior cop in Sydney, Australia has admitted to fighting and arresting a transgender woman because she didn’t say hi to him.
Senior Constable Mark Follington, 61, and his junior colleague were on a patrol in Liverpool’s Golden Fleece Hotel in May 2019 and were asking customers at the pub for their IDs. But Anya Bradford, a trans woman, got up and walked out of a gaming room. The two police officers confronted Bradford as she left the building.
According to Australia’s
7News, Bradford told Follington to “f k off” when he asked for her name. She also told the police that she didn’t have an ID and that she had a meeting to get to.
Published March 2, 2021
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Sydney cop Senior Constable
Mark Anthony Follington has admitted to brawling with and arresting a trans woman at a Liverpool’s Golden Fleece Hotel in 2019 because she didn’t say hi to him. It’s now also alleged that he made up a false story for the police report at the time.
22:03 EDT, 2 March 2021
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A cop walks into a bar, greets a seated female patron, is shoved so hard he loses his balance and is crudely told to get lost.
But Senior Constable Mark Follington now admits the story he wrote after violently arresting Anya Bradford in 2019 was very different to what occurred. At the time of writing this narrative, I did it to the best of my knowledge without having viewed the (CCTV) footage, he told a Sydney court on Tuesday.
Follington, 61, has pleaded not guilty to tampering with evidence with intent to mislead a court and four other offences over the May 2019 arrest in southwest Sydney.
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