Case not about dribbling police horse at all – counsel

An Australian constabulary Equus caballus dribbled on a protester – together with that may last the solely matter parties ultimately concord upon equally a compensation representative heads for court.

The Victorian constabulary wedding ceremony is reported to last outraged at the supposed role of taxpayers’ coin to sue the forcefulness later a protester was dribbled on past times a constabulary Equus caballus during activity organised past times the Refugee Action Collective at the Maribyrnong Immigration Detention Centre inwards 2011.

However, the Flemington together with Kensington Community Legal Centre, spearheading the activity on behalf of 2 protesters, Alexander Forbes together with Mark Ryan, says the representative is non nearly a salivating Equus caballus at all, but centres on alleged onrush together with unlawful battery.

The centre’s executive director, Anthony Kelly, said the media publicity had trivialised together with misrepresented a serious compensation representative filed inwards the Country Court.

“The representative involves constabulary horses beingness used at a protestation that resulted inwards i of our clients on crutches for almost a calendar month together with closed to other who suffered a broken collarbone later a Equus caballus rolled on overstep of him,” Kelly said.

“Both people involved were transported past times ambulance to the local infirmary for their injuries.”

He described the role of horses equally an anachronistic, Victorian-era policing method.

“The argue Equus caballus saliva was fifty-fifty mentioned inwards the Statement of Claim was equally bear witness that i of the clients was hemmed inwards at the border of a crowd of people direct nether a constabulary horse’s caput whilst marching, was inwards fright of beingness trampled or bitten past times the horse; felt frightened together with intimidated past times the horse; together with moved away from the Equus caballus equally before long equally he was able to produce so.”

Kelly said cases such equally this were, at times, the solely agency for people who accept been injured past times constabulary to seek redress.

“The Victorian Parliament has non had whatsoever regulatory oversight on how constabulary horses are used for many decades.”

Kelly said the representative did non pull on legal help together with was non eligible.

The span were beingness assisted past times counsel working on a “no-win, no fee” basis, he said.

The toll to the taxpayer for a representative such equally this was negligible, he said.

“This oculus sees over 600 people each twelvemonth for a broad attain of legal problems. We are proud of the run nosotros produce representing vulnerable, injured Victorians together with for those who accept no other options to seek justice.”

Kelly said the oculus strongly believed that constabulary horses should non last used equally a method of crowd command inwards this twenty-four hr menstruation together with age.

He called for an immediate together with total ban on the role of horses at hereafter world protests.

“Horses should only non last used equally a method of crowd control. When horses are run direct into or close large crowds of people who tin sack non movement dorsum it is besides tardily for people to last violently pushed past times the horses, to autumn under, together with last trampled. The guide chances of serious, life threatening injuries to people when horses are used is far besides great.

“Horses are an anachronistic, Victorian-era policing method that has no house inwards modern society.” he said. “The continued role of horses equally crowd command threatens the correct of every Victoria to participate inwards peaceful assemblies without beingness seriously injured past times constabulary action.”

 

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