The incident has sparked questions from each the Labor authorities and Thorpe’s former Greens get together and an investigation by the Australian Federal Police.
Thorpe was a part of a counterprotest close to the anti-trans occasion outdoors Parliament House in Canberra on Thursday.
Speaking on the occasion was anti-transgender activist Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull, a British lady also called Posie Parker.
Thorpe walked as much as the rostrum as Keen-Minshull was talking, shouting, “You are not welcome”.
When she approached the rostrum, she was pulled to the bottom by a police officer.
As they tried to tug her again to her toes, Thorpe cried out “let me go” after which crawled away, earlier than attending to her toes and strolling away.
“We do not tolerate this kind of filth being on Ngunnawal-Ngarigo country,” Thorpe later stated, referring to the anti-transgender activists.
“Let alone the Nazi support that they have. They are racist. They are homophobic. They are destroying people’s lives.
“This nation ought to be ashamed that they even let individuals like this into this nation.”
Federal Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said he’d sought “pressing recommendation” from the AFP commissioner.
Thorpe said she had been “pulverised” by the police.
“I’ve been assaulted by the police immediately,” she said.
“The police have to reply for the assault but additionally this authorities must reply for why these individuals are let into the nation.”
Greens leader Adam Bandt described the incident as “regarding” and called on the AFP to explain.
The event was sparsely attended, with only a handful of attendees outnumbered by counter-protesters.
Source: www.9news.com.au
