@RealBlairCottrell
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🇦🇺 Melbourne today, August 21st 2021
>One organiser of last month’s protests sentenced to 8 months jail earlier this week.
>Police set up road blocks and attempted to stop people from entering the city. Used rubber bullets on protesters, which is new for vicpol.
>Protesters had flares and broke police lines on at least one occasion.
>News helicopters refused to release arial footage of the protest.
>News media reporting “hundreds” of protestors. Footage shows at least 5,000.
>Government used cell tower triangulation to text "Disperse" messages to everyone in the city with a phone.
>Public transport and ride-sharing services were suspended in an effort to prevent more people from coming in.
Melbourne is going the way of Hong Kong.
