The complaint came after police stopped Souths players Dean
Widders and Jeremy Smith for no reason, Fairfax newspapers
reported.
“(They) were pulled over by the police outside Erskineville Oval
– our training ground – for no real reason,” Rabbitohs co-owner
Peter Holmes a Court was quoted as saying.
“They were asked to get out of the car. They asked why… the
players were understandably upset at their treatment – pulled up
only for their skin colour and for where they were.”
Mr Homes a Court sought and received assurances that police
would stop intimidating dealings with members of the Aboriginal
community when such action was not warranted, Fairfax newspapers
reported.
The incident, which occurred in April, is mentioned in an
episode of the television documentary South Side Story to be aired
on the ABC next month.