A GoFundMe campaign started by friends of LGBTQ event promoter Nik Dimopolous, a victim of the 2019 Victoria Police raid on queer bookshop Hares & Hyenas has raised over $4,600 in less than a day.
The campaign was started by Dimopoulos’ friends Fionnbharr Pfeiffer and Keiran Smyth, hours after a report by the state anti-corruption watchdog IBAC that cleared the police and said that no “disproportionate force” was used in the raid.
The report said that Dimopoulos’ human rights had been impacted in the police action. “In support of Nik Dimopoulos, who was brutalised by Victorian Police specialised unit CIRT.
For his legal fees towards accountability from Vic Police and towards attaining compensation, rehabilitation and justice,” said the
Read more on starobserver.com.au