Gomeroi man Mark Mason was shot twice by a police officer, who
was one of five surrounding and attempting to arrest him in a
bedroom of a house located in the small north western NSW town of
Collarenebri
on 11 November 2010.
According to Mr Mason's family, there was no justification
for NSW police senior constable Michael Bobako to have discharged
his gun, as the 44-year-old former
Aboriginal Legal Service NSW/ACT field officer was outnumbered
by attending police, who could have easily subdued him.
The five police officers were seeking to arrest the
father-of-four over an alleged domestic dispute. And officers had
been pursuing him after he'd reportedly crashed a vehicle he
was driving into a police car.
