I have always respected our Police but after witnessing what we have seen, the bashing’s, the use of truncheons on the elderly, the loss of eyes and teeth from rubber bullets, the broken collarbones, the deliberate knocking down of a 74 year old woman who then had not one but two police stand over her and empty cans of pepper foam in her face, older women being dragged off park benches and cuffed, young children cuffed and pepper sprayed then put in a police van, police arresting pregnant mother and cuffing her in front of her children for saying on her FB there was going to be a protest, stopping and intimidating certain individuals up to 3/4 times a day, going thru their cars, while just on their way to work. And on and on and on. Being called domestic terrorists, dogs, would not want to be in same room as one (unvaxxed) selfish, etc. by politicians - in fact the very Premier that is facing an ICAC enquiry for fraud. And for what? Not wearing a mask. Did we see this in Australia? No. The Police put a blanket ban on media and cut the internet and forbid any helicopters overhead. We had to watch it on platforms outside of Australia. We even had the Polish Gov. stand in solidarity outside our Embassy there, calling a news conference to condemn the Police brutality. It will be a long, long time before we heal. In fact, just to recall it brings tears to my eyes at their cruelty and hate for freedom loving Aussies. This is the fear indelibly etched on our minds, perhaps forever.
I have always respected our Police but after witnessing what we have seen, the bashing’s, the use of truncheons on the elderly, the loss of eyes and teeth from rubber bullets, the broken collarbones, the deliberate knocking down of a 74 year old woman who then had not one but two police stand over her and empty cans of pepper foam in her face, older women being dragged off park benches and cuffed, young children cuffed and pepper sprayed then put in a police van, police arresting pregnant mother and cuffing her in front of her children for saying on her FB there was going to be a protest, stopping and intimidating certain individuals up to 3/4 times a day, going thru their cars, while just on their way to work. And on and on and on. Being called domestic terrorists, dogs, would not want to be in same room as one (unvaxxed) selfish, etc. by politicians - in fact the very Premier that is facing an ICAC enquiry for fraud. And for what? Not wearing a mask. Did we see this in Australia? No. The Police put a blanket ban on media and cut the internet and forbid any helicopters overhead. We had to watch it on platforms outside of Australia. We even had the Polish Gov. stand in solidarity outside our Embassy there, calling a news conference to condemn the Police brutality. It will be a long, long time before we heal. In fact, just to recall it brings tears to my eyes at their cruelty and hate for freedom loving Aussies. This is the fear indelibly etched on our minds, perhaps forever.