Our heartfelt condolences are with Luke and Jesse’s loved ones at this time. We hope they, and all victims of police brutality, find justice.
A NSW cop, Beau Lamarre, is pictured here partying in uniform at Mardi Gras 2020.
Yesteday (23/02/2024) Beau Lamarre was charged with the murder of two gay men, Jesse Baird and Luke Davies. Jesse Baird was Lamarre’s former partner. It is alleged that Lamarre used his police firearm to commit the murders.
The killer cop has a history of police brutality and impunity from consequences. He got away with repeatedly tasering Aboriginal man Kris Bradshaw in 2020. extreme violence against intimate partners is a norm amongst cops, not an anomaly. Not only are there systemic barriers to reporting family violence incidents perpetrated by the cops, but research has consistently shown that the number of convictions amongst those cops reported for family violence is alarmingly low.
Furthermore, the prison system is no solution to the root cause of violence.
Cops outta pride. Cops outta communities. Cops outta everywhere. #copskillqueers