Interrogation.
On 13 March, Labor Day, 2021, I went back to the Footscray police Station. While walking there, a very decent guy gave me a look of empathy and concern. I thought nothing of it, at the time. When I got to the station, a young white woman entered into the door that leads to the counter area. She looked nervous. I saw some cut up Corn Flakes boxes, and milk crates... It was after 7 P.M. and none of the officers would speak with me.
After almost an hour of waiting, I left the station, pissed, and an officer in the street approached me, and called to me. "Hey, what are you doing?" I responded with "What's your fucking problem?". He simply sprayed capsicum foam up and down on me, without reason, and I was dragged through the Station into the garage. I was screaming, asking were are you taking me, "AAAHHH!!!!!!!!!"
I was forced to stay sitting, as the capsicum spray started to burn, shaking in pain, unable to open my eyes, scared as fuck. My face felt as though it was melting off, and the thought entered my mind that I would need plastic surgery. I was told by a nice Indian guy that I can open my eyes, the foam has no effect on them. The foam was a light blue, and it kept on expanding in my mouth, so I had to spit it out. I was forced to undress, Front cuffed, and sit, not lie on the ground, while for an hour two guards were using a weed sprayer pump, with water in it, to slowly spray me down with water. They would ask me where I wanted the water sprayed, My face, my mouth. (As if to make a point about water being a scarce resource).
From outside the station, some Abriginals asked me some questions to. I suppose, validate that I was infact an Australian. "Describe what is a Kangaroo?!!", which I explained, "What's a Wallaby!!?".... "I don't know.... I know what a possum is! it's got 5 like fingers claws and aaaah..... they". I was glad to sense in their inner voices that they didn't like what I was going through, and appreciated that.
Most of the time I kept on turning to the left, It must be a natural instinct.
I was asked "Where does it burn?"
-" My Neck!" Redneck huh.
-"My Armpits" A thought of sunbathers on the beach.
"Where is there pain?"
-"My left shoulder!"
After about an hour, the pain was still constant, so I started to ride through the pain. "Ruum, ruuuum, ruum...." Trying to outrun it helped. I constantly turned to the left. There were two paramedics, one female, who was trying to get me to look at her clevage, and a male, who was a bit camp. One of the Paramedics in the Garage asked... "Anthony... your Mum and Dad want to inject Ketamine into your bum. Is that O.K.?" "Well, I suppose so, hang on does it have to be Ketamine? Can't I have something else?"... They weren't there though.