On Saturday, Senator Lidia Thorpe was booted from the Sydney Mardi Gras.

She halted the parade by lying on the road – in front of a float.

When police tried to move her on, she started abusing them.

The Senator was protesting against police and “injustice” against Indigenous Australians.

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