Some community leaders say report is evidence of officers targeting people based on their ethnicity, which Victoria police rejects
African, Middle Eastern and Indigenous community leaders are calling for the Andrews government and
for breaching the state’s lockdown rules in 2020, accounting for share of the population. Victoria police have rejected the allegation by the report’s lead researcher that officers targeted certain racial groups. Ahmed called for the Victorian government to scrap all Covid fines due to the report’s evidence. “These people need to be given a fair go,” he said.totalling more than $30m after conceding they were too vague. It followed test cases in the supreme court lodged by Redfern Legal Centre that raised serious concerns about their lawfulness.
Nerita Waight, the chief executive of the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service, said it was “disappointing” Victoria police was not willing to “even consider if fines were issued in a discriminatory fashion given the data is so stark”.
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