Word for Word

11 May 2017

Dogs On Chapel Street – TASTY Raid 2.0?

Health, LGBTI Community, News & Politics, Society & Culture

When Victoria Police raided the gay nightclub TASTY, over 20 years ago, they strip-searched over 400 clubbers.  The exercise cost the police millions of dollars in compensation and destroyed their relationship with the LGBTI community for decades.

Operation Safe Night sees Victoria Police taking to the streets of Prahran and St Kilda with sniffer dogs, leaving some to wonder if the gay community is again being targeted.

In the first two weeks of Operation Safe Night, Police have charged 30 people with drug offenses.

Word For Word speaks to Dr. Peta Malins, Lecturer in Justice and Legal Studies at RMIT University, political strategist Nevena Spirovska and harm reduction advocate Nick Wallis, about the actions of the Police, its impact on civil liberties and harm reduction implications.

Together they have formed High Alert – a web site and foot patrol informing clubbers of their civil rights and the whereabouts of the police sniffer dogs.  High Alert’s Info Hotline is 0402 739 808

 

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