Police Use of Capsicum Spray 'Unlawful', Court Finds

Police use of capsicum spray 'unlawful', court finds

Police use of capsicum spray on a peaceful protester constituted battery and was unlawful, a judge has found in a landmark class action.Climate protester Jordan Brown launched the first class action of its kind, challenging Victoria Police's use of the spray during a 2019 mining protest in the Supreme Court.Two officers' use of oleoresin capsicum (OC) spray on Brown at a protest outside the International Mining and Resources Conference in Melbou…

Court rules police use of capsicum spray on protester was ‘cruel, inhuman’

Police illegally assaulted and broke the human rights of a protester doused with capsicum spray outside a mining conference in 2019, a judge has found.