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Young woman's strip search at festival akin to 'sexual assault', court told (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 1 week ago by zero_gravitas@aussie.zone to c/news@aussie.zone

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In short:

A class action against police stripsearching people at music festivals is underway in NSW.

The young woman leading the class action had her experience described by a lawyer as "akin to a sexual assault".

The lawyer also claimed that the state failed to adequately train officers on the strict rules surrounding strip searches.

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[-] No1@aussie.zone 26 points 1 week ago

idk how you can characterise any strip search as anything but sexual assault.

Are there extreme cases where it's justified? Maybe. But kids on train stations or music festivals ain't it.