"..police were either too scared or too lazy..not want to get hurt.."

smh.com.au - police not to blame

"The Police Commissioner , Ken Moroney, has defended the decision not to break up a group of about 100 youths who met in a south-western Sydney park the night after the Cronulla riots, allegedly to plan revenge attacks.
"He's one of my most experienced commanders and I'm sure what would have been foremost in his mind was the safety and wellbeing of those [officers]."
The victim of the attack, Steve, said last night he was set upon by a gang of about 30 men. "They were pretty much consumed by rage. They were angry, very angry," he told A Current Affair. "It felt like a long time but it was only about a minute or so … It seemed like 20 or 30 guys. I really don't know. They just surrounded me. It was only the police sirens that made them stop." Steve's arm was broken and his knee damaged in the assault."

Little punishment for the real thugs

December 19, 2005 - "Politicians and the legal establishment have weakened the police force, writes Paul Sheehan. How many people have been arrested who weren't served up to the police courtesy of TV footage? So far, it's been the soft targets, not the hard men. As usual."

The Rise of Middle Eastern Crime in Australia Tim Priest

"The police were either too scared or too lazy to do anything about it. The damage bill on police cars became costly and these street terrorists grew stronger and the police became purely defensive. You see, the Police Royal Commission was about to start and the police retreated inside themselves knowing that the judicial system considered them easy targets. The police did not want to get hurt or attract Internal Affairs complaints."

["safety and wellbeing of those [officers]."]
["Steve's arm was broken and his knee damaged in the assault."]

[This is a war people like Steve are being injured and the police need to be kept safe?]