And as I continuously repeat to our American friends: this is not new. This is not unusual. This is not an isolated event. This is what has been happening in this shitty country from the moment it was established.
A good background thread on the Sunrise program, who infamously had one of their cameramen decked on live TV by US cops a day or two ago:
Weirdness in the west:
Australian Copwatch app:
Created by the NJP.
Everything that happens in America eventually echoes in Australia. Get ready for it.
The excuse the police gave for trying to ban the Oz BLM protests was that it was an unacceptable Covid risk, even if all the protesters wore masks.
Pretty much all of the protesters did wear masks. The cops, OTOH…
The protests went off entirely peacefully, and the huge crowds headed home. But then the Sydney police kettled the last handful of protesters at the train station (now that the cops were no longer outnumbered), and did this:
Payback for insufficient subservience. ACAB.