"Youse are f...ed." Ms O'Shane

Dishing out powers to a solicitor on P-plates
In the wake of the Cronulla fracas and the belated realisation by Premier Morris "The Dilemma" Iemma that significant numbers of young members of the Lebanese Islamic community hold the NSW police in contempt, and Chief Justice Jim Spigelman's call for renewed civility this week, it is worth remembering that last October Ms O'Shane famously threw out offensive behaviour charges against 27-year-old Rufus Richardson who had given police the finger saying: "Youse are f...ed." Ms O'Shane attempted to justify her decision by saying she was "not sure there is such a thing as community standards anymore" and that such language was "to be expected on George St at that time of night (12.10am)".