It wasn’t a peace march, the organisers called for attendees to carry out citizen’s arrests on anyone they believed to be attending the convention. In 7:30’s footage you can see random people who have no connection to anything happening trying to walk past and being assaulted by the protestors because of how they dress. The language used by the protestors was not “we are here to protest” but instead “we are here to disrupt” so their intentions yesterday were clearly never to be peaceful. In the footage you can also see some of them deliberately and repeatedly running into the police while filming for TikTok so they can be pushed away and scream about police brutality to their viewers.
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Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Why did people bring acid to a peace marsh? Were they planning violence?
Ilandar@aussie.zone 1 year ago
blackbirdbiryani@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It could literally be yoghurt or vinegar, if it was actually anything worst they would’ve stated what it was.
Baku@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Meh, the cops kind of had it coming. Objectively poor behaviour, but maybe if the cops went in with respect and tried to de-escalate, things would’ve been less violent