Friend of killed flight attendant Luke Davies 'appalled' at Sydney Mardi Gras ... trends now
One of Luke Davies' closest friends has unleashed a scathing attack on anti-police protesters and accused them of using his alleged death to 'hijack a national tragedy.'
The row erupted a week after NSW police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon was charged with the murders of Mr Davies and his television presenter boyfriend, Jesse Baird.
More than 100 far-left 'Pride in Protest' activists descended on Taylor Square in Sydney's CBD on the eve of Mardi Gras on Friday night in a defiant show of resistance.
In a statement before the demonstration, 'Pride in Protest' demanded 'an end to police violence,' which it said included the alleged 'murders of Luke Davies and Jesse Baird'.'
'Luke would not support this,' his friend Dean Bailey told ABC's 7.30. 'I feel like they've almost hijacked a national tragedy just to further a cause they already had.
'We found it a bit hurtful that they were trying to use Lukey as a reason.'
Pride in Protest activists (right) were accused of 'hijacking a national tragedy' in the wake of Luke Davies' and Jesse's Baird's tragic deaths
