Legal team behind case to ban racial profiling in Victoria say response to a weekend riot blamed on the Apex gang is ‘very ignorant and ultimately racistSpeculation a gang brawl in Melbourne’s CBD was the result of police going soft on African or Islander youths is “shockingly inaccurate and unsafe”,according to the lawyers behind a landmark case that banned racial profiling in Victoria.
Police used capsicum spray on Saturday to disperse violent hooligans rampaging through the city centre during the annual Moomba festival. They said a gang calling itself Apex, based in Melbourne’s south-east, or was responsible.
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Source: theguardian.com