[Opinion] Guest Post: I read it so you don’t have to: what the IPCA report re: protests actually says (can we start paying attention to the details, please?)

Guest Post: I read it so you don’t have to: what the IPCA report re: protests actually says (can we start paying attention to the details, please?)

A guest post by Lucy Rogers: Within hours of the 156 page Independent Police Conduct Authority report coming out on 18 February everyone seemed to have an opinion on it. There seemed to be an immediate consensus that it was a threat to free speech and I saw someone on Twitter say dismissively that the IPCA’s response to police misconduct at Albert Park was to give more powers to the police. I mention in passing that by far the most stupid respon…