Police prosecutor claimed case over Black Lives Matter rally was ‘fatally flawed’, Melbourne court told
by Adeshola Ore from World news | The Guardian on (#61EC7)
Officer who allegedly flagged the dropping of charges was not authorised to make that decision, Victoria police tell court
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A Victoria police prosecutor had told lawyers for two women charged over a 2020 Black Lives Matter rally held in Melbourne that the case against them was fatally flawed" and said charges would be withdrawn immediately, the organisers' lawyer has told a court.
Crystal McKinnon, 41, and Meriki Onus, 34 were charged with breaching directions of Victoria's chief health officer by planning the protest against Indigenous deaths in custody during a Covid lockdown.
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