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Young woman's strip search at festival akin to 'sexual assault', court told (www.abc.net.au)
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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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[-] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 10 points 6 days ago

Not just sexual assault, but child sexual assault. It’s abhorrent and a stain on our society that we prefer to traumatize children and abuse them, using the small chance they may do self harm while having fun. Yet, we don’t do the things proven to be effective at mitigating that risk, like pill testing at festivals,

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