Comment on 'It was agony': Grandparents injured in Sydney anti-Herzog protest
zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 2 months agoWow, that’s nuts! No wonder the cops were acting as if they could get away with anything!
Comment on 'It was agony': Grandparents injured in Sydney anti-Herzog protest
zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 2 months agoWow, that’s nuts! No wonder the cops were acting as if they could get away with anything!
SarahFromOz@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Because they could.
The parallels to the past are striking! I have just been reading about Joh Belke-Peterson and it is eerie the way the past appears to be repeating:
1971 Springbok Tour & Secret Deals: In response to anti-apartheid protests, Bjelke-Petersen declared a month-long state of emergency, giving police extended powers. Evidence, including revelations in the book Three Crooked Kings, showed Bjelke-Petersen made a secret deal with the police union, promising officers they would not be penalized for any actions taken to suppress demonstrators.