Posted on 08/21/2021 11:40:01 PM PDT by DallasBiff
The Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police said yesterday's anti-lockdown protests in Melbourne's CBD were among the most violent he has seen in two decades. Chief Commissioner Shane Patton described the rally, which attracted thousands of people, as "disgraceful".
"What we saw yesterday was probably one of the most violent protests we've seen in nearly 20 years. That is astonishing," Mr Patton said.
"The protest was held under the banner of a 'freedom rally'. It was anything but.
"All I can say is … it was tremendously disappointing. The risk that those people have posed to the rest of the community is disgraceful and selfish."
(Excerpt) Read more at 9news.com.au ...
Good.
More people will be fighting for their rights because these leftist bastards will keep pushing until they get pushed back hard.
I don’t see how these cops can look their neighbors in the eye.
the media is 100% with the covid tyranny.
the border between Queensland & New South Wales is one town - basically Coolangatta/Tweed Heads. Banner from plane says “Tweed: 0 Cases, why lockdown insanity?”
Channel 7 News can’t even be bothered describing the banner:
22 Aug: Tweet: 7News Australia:
A plane has flown a banner over the Queensland-New South Wales border, protesting the tough border rules to get into the Sunshine State. It comes as tensions rise at rallies at Gold Coast. http://7NEWS.com.au/coronavirus #COVID19 #7NEWS
https://twitter.com/7NewsSydney/status/1429275668961849346
btw there’s a video in the tweet with plane i posted.
22 Aug: Tweet: Kwitter
A man has ridden his horse through today’s protest at the #Queensland-#NewSouthWales border, encouraging crowds to cross through checkpoints. “Cross over! They cannot arrest all of us!” #COVID19 #7NEWS
VIDEO 18secs
https://twitter.com/Kwitter12085169/status/1429305783771037700
great aerial footage of the border protest, but taxpayer-funded ABC has no audio, for some reason.
arrests made, but not enough police to get too heavy-handed, as they weren’t expecting this Sunday protest Australia time.
VIDEO: 6min: 22 Aug: ABC Australia: WATCH: Anti-lockdown protesters arrested on Qld/NSW border | ABC News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzOorsd0bBw
No, what's disgraceful is how Australians are being subjugated by their own government. I can only hope these tyrannical politicians feel the wrath of the people come election time.
Australia is nuts.
Queensland Premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk, and her “health” officer, Jeannette Young, are just as insane.
to make it worse, Queensland has had ONLY SEVEN DEATHS IN THE ENTIRE “PANDEMIC”.
the Qld/NSW border is the southern end of Australia’s premier tourist attraction, the Gold Coast. a minute’s walk from the protest is Snappers Rock, home of Quicksilver Pro and Roxy Pro surfing championships.
the whole Gold Coast has had multiple lockdowns, or heavy restrictions. businesses are going under at a fast rate.
yet the Gold Coast has not had a single “covid” death that I know of!
something is wrong.
Power.
Chief Commissioner might want to re evaluate. People are telling him to back off on infringement of their rights!
While it is likely that the petty tyrants ruling Australia know that their mad power craze is antithetical to freedom and don’t care, it is unnerving and alarming that the upper echelon in charge of enforcing their tyranny by brute force seem to have not a clue.
It is possible to understand that after decades in law enforcement that they might become numb to little things like liberty, but that is inexcusable at best and a retrograde betrayal of the ideals they supposedly represent.
I suspect many of the “friends” of the cops, consider these cops to be ex friends. They have probably alienated THOUSANDS of people.
GTH, Shane — ya’ #ing pussy.
Exactly.
Thanks for this info.
yes, time to choose.
Australian and New Zealand politzei need to learn a lesson from the Swiss police union when faced with (potential in Switzerland, actual in AUS and NZ) tyranny.
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