'Unnecessary force': Protester's charge dropped on appeal :

'Unnecessary force': Protester's charge dropped on appeal


by PATRICK BILLINGS
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An Extinction Rebellion protester has been cleared of obstructing police after a judge found the force used during her arrest was not reasonably necessary.
Emma Jade Dorge was charged during a climate change protest in the Brisbane CBD in August 2019.
Dorge was part of a group who sat down in the middle of a city intersection.
Emma Dorge being removed from an Extinction Rebellion protest in Brisbane's CBD in December. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dan Peled
After being forcibly removed from the road she was charged with being a pedestrian causing an obstruction and obstructing police.

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