The Age is running hard with the case Ken Cush & Associates have brought in the Supreme Court seeking compensation for the criminal use of capsicum foam by ACT police in the city watch-house.
The lawyer leading the class action said some people who watched footage of the incidents dubbed the city watchhouse ”Canberra’s Abu Ghraib”, in reference to the Baghdad prison where US military personnel abused Iraqi prisoners.
”These eight cases are the tip of the iceberg, and given the findings of the 2007 joint review [of watchhouse operations] by the AFP and the Ombudsman, I expect there are [more] victims of the culture that was allowed to flourish … at the city watchhouse,” Mr Barrow said.
The Commonwealth’s defence at this stage appears to be that the offences took place outside the three year limit on personal injury claims, also they’re not taking responsibility for the AFP.