Tom Elliott has been left perplexed by footage which has emerged of police looking like bystanders when a fight broke out on the streets of North Melbourne on Saturday morning.

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The Halloween rave quickly turned violent, with young rapper ‘Peezy’ later shot dead at 3:15am following the brawl.

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“Why wouldn’t the police intervene?” the 3AW Mornings host said.

Retired Victoria Police detective, Charlie Bezzina, then joined the program said the situation is not a good look.

“Not good optics, absolutely shocking optics for the general public and sends the completely wrong message,” Mr Bezzina told Tom Elliott.

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