John O'Sullivan

A long-time criminal justice advocate in Victoria. Experience as a prisoner, activist, writer and criminal defence barrister. My website is:

[John O'Sullivan @SullivanJohno]

A POWERFUL VOICE - DON'T EVER STOP SPEAKING OUT, STAN.

Racist abuse of Indigenous NRL player Latrell Mitchell reflects Australia's past and present. How can we escape it? https://t.co/SwWct1uCOy

[John O'Sullivan @SullivanJohno]

Free advice for Twitter's CEO.
#ElonMusk

[David Frum @davidfrum]

With help from @TheAtlantic team, we elaborated 10 suggestions to @elonmusk for pulling the Twitter plane out of its death spiral https://t.co/sjfGY3UTIC

[John O'Sullivan @SullivanJohno]

Twitter is dying... Its present owner, Elon Musk, is killing it. Ego, impulsiveness & lack of self-discipline are the proximate causes... [It] is alienating advertisers, shedding valuable users & attracting the anonymous trolls that Musk supposedly wanted to discourage.
#ElonMusk

[David Frum @davidfrum]

With help from @TheAtlantic team, we elaborated 10 suggestions to @elonmusk for pulling the Twitter plane out of its death spiral https://t.co/sjfGY3UTIC

[John O'Sullivan @SullivanJohno]

INDEFENSIBLE!
"The gravest accusations relate to the club's alleged intimidation tactics to separate couples at the earliest stages of pregnancies & parenthood, & the alleged demand that one player should instruct his partner to terminate a pregnancy." https://t.co/KmJByKNrq0

[ABC News @abcnews]

#ANALYSIS: 'Don't draft anyone with skin darker than mine': Explaining Hawthorn's messy past with Indigenous players https://t.co/5lQROw1XwD

[John O'Sullivan @SullivanJohno]

The NT Police Chief downplays evidence of racism by rolling out the 'few-bad-apples' excuse.

Meanwhile, First Nations people in the NT are being arrested & imprisoned at greater rates than ever - the current imprisonment rate is 1500% higher than the overall rate in Aust
#racism

[ABC News @abcnews]

Police Commissioner believes 'blatantly racist' texts between Zachary Rolfe and colleagues are 'isolated' https://t.co/PrjDcBK9IL

[John O'Sullivan @SullivanJohno]

Officialdom took no action when Adam Goodes was abused & booed for 2 yrs; but a First Nations rugby player who described the Queen as a "dumb dog" has been served with a "breach notice" & will be required to attend "education & training concerning her responsibilities".
#auspol

[ABC News @abcnews]

NRL set to suspend former Jillaroo Caitlin Moran for comments about Queen Elizabeth II https://t.co/3A6cFuiVlq

[John O'Sullivan @SullivanJohno]

ANOTHER FIRST NATIONS DEATH; ANOTHER INDICTMENT OF THE SO-CALLED JUSTICE SYSTEM.

Meanwhile, the govt lamely proclaims: "We're delivering a correctional system that keeps Victorians safe, & helps prisoners break the cycle of reoffending & gets their lives back on track".
#auspol

[ABC News @abcnews]

Aboriginal person dies in custody at Loddon Prison in central Victoria https://t.co/SHKW6Bocqy

[John O'Sullivan @SullivanJohno]

I WONDER WHAT SALMAN RUSHDIE THINKS ABOUT THE UK ARREST OF A ROYAL HECKLER:

"Police later confirmed a 22-year-old man [who criticised Prince Andrew's close ties with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein] had been arrested in connection with a breach of the peace."
#RoyalFamily

[ABC News @abcnews]

'Andrew, you're a sick old man': Heckler arrested after shouting at prince during procession in Edinburgh https://t.co/QFSlm20kXk

[John O'Sullivan @SullivanJohno]

Dep. Comm. Taylor resigned "after an inquiry into domestic violence & police culture heard he made a lewd comment" at a leadership forum.
He "urged the public to keep faith in the police force & said [it] was evolving & taking on modern values"
= THE OLD VALUES INCLUDED LEWDNESS!

[ABC News @abcnews]

'I am deeply apologetic for the harm it has caused': Queensland's Deputy Police Commissioner resigns https://t.co/c5kMwpHWtD

[John O'Sullivan @SullivanJohno]

"Many jails in the Philippines fail to meet the minimum United Nations standards given inadequate food, poor nutrition and unsanitary conditions... the national penitentiary [one of the country's 933 gaols] which was designed to house 6,000 prisoners, had 17,000 inmates."
#prison

[WPB @ICPRWPB]

Philippines eyes ‘world-class’ top-security prison https://t.co/yZRNaX08Bz

[Gabrielle Jackson @gabriellecj]

Scott Morrison must resign immediately and try to salvage what remains of his shredded reputation | @palaceletters https://t.co/we8vtaC392

[John O'Sullivan @SullivanJohno]

INQUIRY EVIDENCE: "A detective wrote that he believed 90% of sexual assault complaints were completely fabricated or the women have a misunderstanding of rape"
POLICE RESPONSE: "Commissioner Carroll told the inquiry she can't accept that sexism, misogyny & racism were widespread"

[ABC News @abcnews]

Queensland Police Commissioner initially rejected request to give evidence at domestic violence inquiry https://t.co/yh365Ef8Ke

[John O'Sullivan @SullivanJohno]

"This act of terror against his body & his books is an absolute act of terror against all the world’s books. Such an outrage against freedom of expression calls for a ringing response"
Salman Rushdie would be a fitting recipient for the Nobel Literature Prize awarded in a few wks

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

"We all have a commitment to make," writes @BHL, “and that is to ensure that the author of 'The Satanic Verses' receives the highest of literary honors ... the Nobel Prize in Literature”: https://t.co/YPUW55DiQe

[John O'Sullivan @SullivanJohno]

"Pennsylvania judges ran a scheme to send children to for-profit prisons for kickbacks ... children as young as 8 [were gaoled] for petty theft, jaywalking, truancy, smoking on school grounds & other minor infractions."

A SICKENING EXAMPLE OF THE NEED FOR ANTI-CORRUPTION BODIES.

[ABC News @abcnews]

'Scandal of epic proportions': US judges ordered to pay more than $288m to victims of kids-for-cash deal https://t.co/WD4UjBwiwk

[John O'Sullivan @SullivanJohno]

The reported stats show that:
First Nations women make up 29.9% of sentenced women;
Women are being sentenced for drug offences more than ever before;
Most women receive sentences shorter than a year.

INCREASED IMPRISONMENT RATES SERVE ONLY TO EXACERBATE SOCIAL INEQUITY
#auspoI

[ABC News @abcnews]

'Mind boggling': Number of women being sentenced to prison in Queensland quadruples in 15 years https://t.co/zqDeaX7H4M

[John O'Sullivan @SullivanJohno]

LNP senator Michaelia Cash said she wanted "to see something that unites Australians & doesn’t divide them. There is no consensus amongst the Indigenous communities in relation to a Voice”.

SO, FIRST NATIONS PEOPLES CAN'T HAVE A VOICE UNLESS THEY ALL SAY THE SAME THING.
#Voice

[The Age @theage]

"The Coalition’s got an open mind on these issues, but we need to see more of the detail," said Coalition spokesman for Indigenous Australians Julian Leeser. | @AngusGthompson, @seanparnell and @hamishhastie https://t.co/rZGCqvVOFR

[John O'Sullivan @SullivanJohno]

Valuable new book just published: "The Penalty Is Death" [Scribe Publications].
An updated edition of the classic study of capital punishment originally published 50 years ago, with a new introduction by Barry Jones.
https://t.co/Pzj8mJH5z9

#auspoll #Nodeathpenalty

[John O'Sullivan @SullivanJohno]

"A growing number of Australians want to see health-based responses to drug use instead of jail time."

IT'S A WONDER NO-ONE'S EVER THOUGHT OF THAT BEFORE.
#auspol #law

[ABC News @abcnews]

Aaron cycled in and out of prison for years. He says treatment is the solution to drug use – not jail time https://t.co/eMiIl8l0EL

[Kazza Boots 😷💉🪟🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @kazza264]

@3AW693 @ViscusGaming Perhaps when he does stand up listen to him. Masks are highly recommended in the health advice. Always have been. Go through the @VicGovDH tweets and you will see it there. Reminder for you.

[John O'Sullivan @SullivanJohno]

An unanticipated silver lining of the pandemic was the discovery that working from home was a perfectly viable alternative for many office workers. The convenience, flexibility and saving of travel-time was transformative for many employees.
It needs to remain an option.
#auspol

[Crikey @crikey_news]

The former PM has warned women that working from home might seem like a great idea, but it could see them miss out on career advancement and widen the gap between them and their male colleagues.

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