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A MAN who died after being shot with a Taser by police in central Sydney may not have committed a crime.
NSW police were refusing to say yesterday whether the man, who has yet to be identified, was armed during his confrontation with police in the early hours of yesterday.
The man was shot with a Taser and doused with capsicum spray as police tried to arrest him.
The confrontation followed an incident at a convenience store, where the man reportedly stole a packet of biscuits.
Staff at the store were quoted as saying the man had run into the shop in a panicked state asking to be hidden because somebody was trying to kill him.
According to the Nine Network, he later returned and ran out with the packet of biscuits.
The man died on Pitt Street a short time after being hit with the Taser, despite attempts by police and paramedics to revive him.
Yesterday police were refusing to say if the man had been armed or if a robbery had taken place.
"It's unclear as to the involvement of this man or the extent of that actual incident. Whether it is a robbery or not is unclear at this time," Acting Assistant Commissioner Mark Walton said.
"The report of a robbery is ongoing and I cannot . . . even confirm that it was an actual robbery. It was a case of it being reported as a robbery at this time."
Mr Walton said a critical-incident investigation team was examining the death.
The incident is the latest in a string of deaths linked to Tasers.
In June 2009, Brisbane man Antonio Galeano died after being hit with a Taser multiple times by police.
NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell said while the circumstances of the man's death remained unclear, his government continued to support the use of Tasers.
Tasers have become a staple weapon of police forces around the world. NSW, Queensland, Western Australia and Victoria have armed their police with them.
The Organised Criminals are at it again!
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I enjoy biscuits.
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bump.
Lets hope our long standing corrupt police forces in Australia are finally held to account for their murderous ways - To those in the know, Australias Police Forces are deeply corrupt and have been for some time, here they were doing one of their routine Murders/Arrests on another citizen, only to find out he comes from wealthy parents back in Brazil who want answers - anyway, i would like to hope thet International pressure will force our Government to an Independant Enquiry, but I am willing to bet any amount of money this will be another massive cover up. Fucking Pigs in this Country disgust me!
Update
THE uncle of Brazilian student Roberto Laudisio Curti, who died after being Tasered by police in Sydney, says the notion that his nephew was a thief or may have had a pre-existing health condition was inconceivable.
Joao Eduardo Laudisio, a financier from a well-known and powerful family in Brazil, hit at NSW police as the family hired a team of Australian investigators to find out how the 21-year-old student died.
"He has money for everything he wants," said Mr Laudisio, who helped raise Roberto after Roberto's parents died from cancer.
He said he had personally taken Roberto for a thorough health check before Roberto left for Australia last year. Doctors at the hospital, one of the best in South America, had declared him "very healthy".
Roberto had no pre-existing condition that could have been aggravated by Taser jolts or capsicum spray.
At least three police officers fired their stun guns at the unarmed 21-year-old student early on Sunday morning. He stopped breathing soon after he was stunned and hit with capsicum spray.
CCTV footage from Sunday showed up to six officers chasing Roberto. Police said he matched the description of a man they claimed stole a packet of biscuits from a convenience store.
TASER DEATH SYDNEY
PROTEST PLANNED
Friends of Roberto, who came to Sydney to learn English and experience Australian life, have planned a protest outside the Australian consulate in Sao Paulo on March 30. They said they plan to dump biscuits at the consulate gates.
DFAT has asked for a briefing and Brazilian consulate officials in Sydney confirmed his family was "extremely wealthy and well connected" and would not let the matter rest.
"They own corporations, financial companies and are involved in the stockmarket," the official said.
"I know they are most disturbed at what has happened and are talking to lawyers. The young man was living with his sister and her husband in Sydney. She is extremely upset at what has happened."
Joao Eduardo Laudisio said reports that Roberto had stolen biscuits were wrong.
"I don’t understand why newspapers put that he is a robber," he said. Roberto was an educated young man who was not desperate in any way.
He also dismissed reports that family members were on the way to Australia, saying that Roberto’s Sydney-based sister, Ana Luisa Laudisio, was handling matters for the family.
TASER DEATH SYDNEY
'HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?'
Ms Laudisio works with an international financial and legal consultancy firm DC Strategy in Sydney. Her Australian-born husband holds a prominent position in the banking industry. Neither would comment on the case yesterday.
However, a statement released from the family said: "We are still coming to terms with the sudden and unexpected loss of our beloved Roberto following his tragic death on Sunday morning . . . He was a young man who was much loved by family and his many friends, both in Australia and Brazil, and had a promising future ahead of him. We will all miss him immensely."
Andre Costa, the Brazilian consul in Sydney, told the ABC yesterday: "(Roberto) went out just for fun like any other young male on Saturday night and that happened to him, so the family cannot understand it at all.
"They want to know exactly what happened to this young man, that he was so healthy and a good student, studying at a very good university in Brazil."
A Sydney based friend said: "Roberto's best friend at home is Enrico De La Lastra, the son of the Formula One driver. Enrico was upset when he told her of his death. Everyone is looking for an explanation".
Roberto's death comes almost seven years after another high-profile shooting of a Brazilian overseas.
Jean Charles de Menezes was shot in the head seven times at a London tube station by the police the day after terrorist struck the city.
KILLED OVER BISCUITS
Police had mistaken him for one of the terrorists involved in the bombings but the shooting became controversial because police statements made in the immediate aftermath tried to characterise Mr De Menezes's behaviour on the day as erratic and suspicious.
Roberto studied English at a language school in Bondi Junction and was known to sometimes stay with friends in the beach suburb. He is believed to have come to Australia in the past few months after losing both his parents to cancer but his visa had expired.
His friends have started a website calling for protest action at the Australian consulate in Sao Paulo: "In solidarity with our friend Roberto Laudisio, killed by police in Australia, for an apparent robbery of a packet of biscuits.
We are asking all our friends, and whoever else, to join in a minute of silence at the door of the Australian consulate ... We suggest we all take a pack of biscuits and leave them on the door of the consulate."
Goran Nuhich, speaking for the Australian Embassy in Brasilia, said he was aware of plans for a protest.
"We'll take necessary measures to protect the consulate," he said, adding that he expected the protest would more be in the manner of a vigil than a show of violence.
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lol, wow :o
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every time a cop gets killed in the line of duty i cheer for the bad guys
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judged, sentenced and executed on the spot by mobile electrocution
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why do cops need these tasers??
the problem is letting fatsos and women be in the force.... can't do shit without tasing
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What you failed to mention is that the biscuits were made of gold and the man was made of communism.
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I enjoy biscuits.
They mean cookies...
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Quick-E-Mart of Peace ::)
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Well sometimes when you steal biscuits, you die. I dont see where the problem is. His parents should have taught him that stealing is forbidden.
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so was he stealing?
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so was he stealing?
no he was just buying biscuits and cops seeing him just thought "hey lets shoot at that guy holding a biscuit box with our tazers for the laugh".