December 12, 2025 • 41 secs
A police memorial in Melbourne has been vandalised with red paint and anti-police slurs, causing distress to families of fallen officers.
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Speaker 1 (00:05):
In a cruel blow for the families of fallen police officers,
a memorial in Melbourne has been targeted by callus vandals.
Red paint was splashed across the sacred site, alongside anti
police slurs.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
To think that someone would do this at a time
when we've recently lost two of our own is disgusting
and beyond belief.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
My partner going on forres was killed in the line
of judy on the Eastern Freeway and whilst I kept
his ashes, that is basically a grave site for me
to go.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
Police are yet to make any arrests.
In a cruel blow for the families of fallen police officers,
a memorial in Melbourne has been targeted by callus vandals.
Red paint was splashed across the sacred site, alongside anti
police slurs.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
To think that someone would do this at a time
when we've recently lost two of our own is disgusting
and beyond belief.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
My partner going on forres was killed in the line
of judy on the Eastern Freeway and whilst I kept
his ashes, that is basically a grave site for me
to go.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
Police are yet to make any arrests.
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