Published: May 14, 2019
Nik Dimopoulos arrested so forcefully outside LGBTI bookshop Hares and Hyenas he may have permanent damage to his arm
Nik Dimopoulos’s “only crime was looking Middle Eastern” before he was arrested by police so forcefully that he may have permanent damage to his arm, according to his lawyer, Jeremy King.
The case has renewed anger about racial profiling by Victoria police and has raised questions about their use of force. Dimopoulos, 47, was arrested by the elite Critical Incident Response Team outside the Hares and Hyenas LGBTI bookshop in Fitzroy, a suburb in Melbourne’s north, around 2am on Saturday morning. Police mistook him for a suspect they were pursuing.
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