Cop and mourners clash on way to slain bikie boss's funeral
Police have clashed with mourners on the street heading to the Sydney cemetery to farewell slain bikie boss Mahmoud “Mick” Hawi.
A convoy of white Rolls-Royce and Bentley cars followed the hearse bound for Rookwood Cemetery on Thursday to see off the former Comanchero national president.
Police said one of the vehicles was stopped by Strike Force Raptor and vision of the incident was posted to social media.
"Brother, there's 30 of us and there's two of you, show some respect," one of the mourners tells police.
The officer pushes him away and responds: "I don't care, you're going to be searched, stand against the fence all of you.
"You're being searched for firearms and drugs."
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The police officer in the video was identified by the Daily Mail as Senior Constable Andrew Murphy, known by his nickname "Raptor 13".
Hawi was farewelled at a mosquein Arnecliffe where many wore black T-shirts with his photograph printed on the back along with his date of birth and death.
Mourners then made their way to Rockwood Cemetery for the burial.
The 37-year-old Hawi died last Thursday about five hours after he was gunned down outside a gym in Rockdale in Sydney's south.
There was little bikie paraphernalia at the funeral but gold chains and iron cross tattoos could be seen poking out from collars and sleeves - indelible reminders of Hawi's past.
One friend lauded the man who "was staunch to the code" and "never quit on his club or his family".
"He kept his mouth shut, no matter what," the friend wrote on Facebook in the hours before the funeral.
"No club secrets are revealed, he never snitched on a friend or brother even if he must take the fall."
It's been revealed his widow, Carolina Gonzales, made an urgent application in the NSW Supreme Court on Friday for a "posthumous sperm retrieval" which was authorised by a judge.
Justice Peter Johnson, in a judgment made public on Wednesday afternoon, noted that Ms Gonzales "desired, and still desires, to have a child from the deceased in the near future".
Hawi married his high school girlfriend in 2002. They have two sons together.
Police are still hunting for Hawi's killers.
