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Sydney Mardi Gras CEO Calls For NSW Police Probe Into 78er’s Ejection From SCG

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Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras chief executive Albert Kruger has called for a full NSW police investigation into the circumstances that led to the ejection of one of the original ‘78ers Barbara Karpinski from her seat in the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) during the Mardi Gras parade on Saturday night.

He has also initiated an internal Mardi Gras investigation. Kruger told the Star Observer that he is in no doubt that the incident happened.

He said that the police action was “unacceptable” and that he is “upset about it to be honest”. Karpinski was removed after standing briefly in the stadium seating area holding a handmade poster calling for peace and an end to the war in Ukraine.

She was wearing a T-shirt of a news photo of herself as a schoolgirl getting arrested at the first Mardi Gras in 1978. Also Read: LYLE SHELTON TARGETS ANTHONY ALBANESE, THE WIGGLES OVER SYDNEY MARDI GRAS APPEARANCENSW POLICE ARREST FOUR PEOPLE AT SYDNEY GAY AND LESBIAN MARDI GRAS PARADE After the photo was taken, she was sitting in the stand when she was approached by a female police officer who asked her to hand over the poster.

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