The Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC) on Wednesday said that the Victorian Police’s 2019 raid on iconic LGBTIQ bookstore Hares & Hyenas in Fitzroy and the injury caused to LGBTQ event promoter Nik Dimopolous were not linked to “race and sexuality”. VIC Police were also cleared of using “disproportionate force” to arrest Dimopolous who was seriously injured in the incident.
IBAC, however, found that Dimopoulos’ human rights were impacted and asked the Victorian police commissioner to take appropriate action against the officers. “IBAC’s Operation Lynd has found Victoria Police officers had reasonable grounds to enter and search the premises in Fitzroy given the nature of the offenses suspected to have been committed
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