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by shirro 1706 days ago
Not justifying excessive use of violence my the Victorian police. There have been incidents by individuals and must be properly dealt with.

If being thrown to the ground and sat on is a bad as it got for illegal protests during a public health stay at home order we still have some way to go before we reach full dystopia.

The yanks had 5 people die during their failed insurrection. There were another 20 dead in riots in the same year. They had cops firing on media.

The federal government's yearly bipartisan expansion of surveillance powers to catch up with our allies is seriously chilling shit that doesn't get reported in our media or pushed by the usual suspects on Facebook. But it concerns the hell out people in technical and legal areas and the problem will be with us long after emergency health orders are cancelled.