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NSW police urged Jewish man to drop claim he was subject to antisemitic slurs and death threats, commission told

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NSW police urged Jewish man to drop claim he was subject to antisemitic slurs and death threats, commission told
Nir Golan told antisemitism royal commission he was told that there was not much police could do and the case would get thrown outGet our
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Nir Golan told antisemitism royal commission he was told that there was not much police could do and the case would get thrown out

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New South Wales police encouraged a Jewish man to abandon a case against a man who made antisemitic slurs, death threats, and performed Nazi salutes at him in public because the investigation would be “a lot of wasted effort”, the antisemitism royal commission has been told.

Jewish Australian Nir Golan gave evidence on Tuesday, telling commissioner Virginia Bell that police had encouraged him to drop any action because “there’s not much that they could do and the case would ultimately get thrown out”.

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Source: Guardian - World News

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