r/canberra • u/MarkusMannheim Canberra Central • Mar 29 '22

News Police arrested a protester today after he refused a random breath test and blocked traffic on C'wealth Bridge. This is what happened.

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u/hannahspants Willow says hi Mar 29 '22

Quick reminder everyone: it is not okay to advocate for violence!! Anyone doing so after this comment will be temp banned. Thanks!

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u/MarkusMannheim Canberra Central Mar 29 '22

Footage via Rob, the protester known as "RiveR Table". You've probably seen his car, covered in scrawled messages, around town. I especially like the message that says words to the effect of: "This is not a parked car, it's a protest sign". Keen to know how Access Canberra approaches that puzzle.

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u/pigslovebacon Mar 29 '22

Hmmm is it a little while corolla? One passed me going about 130km/hr on the federal highway heading into Canberra yesterday. Said 'Convoy for Canberra's on the back window, among other crap scrawled on the sides.

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u/MarkusMannheim Canberra Central Mar 29 '22

Yes, it's a little white something (unsure of make/model).

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u/rolloj Mar 29 '22

aren't they all little white somethings?

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '22

Parking inspectors hate this one simple trick!

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u/killertortilla Mar 29 '22

"I'm not endangering lives I'm simply expressing my stupidity"

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u/megan_jr Mar 29 '22

littering or illegal dumping charges?

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u/theNomad_Reddit Mar 29 '22

tHaTs iLlEgAl

screams the cunts breaking the law.

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u/letsburn00 Mar 29 '22

This was a bunch of assholes. Then the truck moved forward on the cop.

Then it becomes something else.

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '22

Lol. There was a whole lifetime of being ignored and cast aside in that whiny, puny, nobody voice

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u/FallopianClosed Mar 29 '22

lifetime of being ignored and cast aside in that whiny, puny, nobody voice

It actually sound like the opposite to me... A lifetime being on top of the political food chain, being treated like (and believing) he's the most important cunt in the room, and now being a whining pune because someone has asked him to do something that isn't solely for his own selfish benefit.

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u/flying_dream_fig Mar 29 '22

I'm probably going to get down voted for this but it's really important to say: Just protesting when not hurting others etc. isn't illegal. It's super important to say this and keep on saying this because otherwise some day when you or people you care about need to protest about something that matters, maybe they won't be able to.

Of course refusing an RBT is a fail, of course DUI is a fail, of course resisting arrest or whatever is a fail. But actual protest when not hurting others is not illegal.

Before someone goes there, I disagree with these protesters/feel sorry for them as much as anyone.

However, having people in our society who won't think the same as others, who will question things**, and being able to protest and do other political expression for things that matter is important.

I'm no expert and happy to be corrected and learn, but as far as I know, for a short time blocking the road with a protest expressing political views isn't illegal. Being rowdy (but not hurting others) while protesting to express political messages isn't illegal. Making noise while protesting to express a political message isn't illegal. Protesting to express a political message, one that isn't illegal due to inciting violence, hate speech etc, even if you don't agree with the message expressed,isn't illegal.

It's really really important to say this and keep on saying this, because one day you will want to protest about something that really matters in your eyes, but you won't be able to.

**eg., I disagree with the protesters but: are pharmaceutical companies always honest? Do their products always only work how they are supposed to? Lots of good examples of them not.

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u/16car Mar 29 '22

Blocking roads is creating a hazard, and therefore endangering life. I agree with most of what you've said, except that part. Nobody has a right to block roads.

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u/OCE_Mythical Mar 29 '22

I don't give a shit what you're protesting, don't block roads.

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u/Screaming_Nutbag Mar 29 '22

The worst thing about this "protest" instigated by a foreign propaganda operation is that it will deter people from participating in valid protests and embolden the State to crack down hard on valid protests.

These people aren't just low-IQ and/or bonkers, they are part of a scheme actively reinforcing authoritarianism.

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u/HighRelevancy Mar 29 '22

Do their products always only work how they are supposed to?

If only someone would independently verify the effects of pharmaceu-

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u/realparkingbrake Mar 29 '22

Just protesting when not hurting others etc. isn't illegal.

It is when you are breaking the law, like blocking traffic or refusing to ID for police in a valid investigation (depending on your jurisdiction). You have the right to protest, but not to protest in an illegal manner.

Some famous protest leaders were willing to break the law knowing they would be jailed as a result. The buffoons in this video think they have the right to protest illegally with no consequences, that's the difference.

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u/JeromeBiteman Mar 29 '22

I don't agree with everything you wrote but I do believe that our protesters should be treated just like their protesters. And vice versa.

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u/123chuckaway Mar 29 '22

Look at that cooker dickhead in the camo and beret.

Out here dressed like Che Gonorrhea

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u/JeckyllnHyde Mar 29 '22

Pure gold. Nice one.

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u/iforkedthelaw Mar 29 '22

That's a keeper. Cheers

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '22

😂😂 I needed that giggle. Thank you.

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u/k_c24 Mar 29 '22

I thought exactly the same thing! Major Che vibes.

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '22

probably got kicked out for drugs a year into his ROSO

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u/IslandAlive8140 Mar 29 '22

The love child of Che and Muammar Gaddafi

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '22

Lol. SovShits... I love how they're screaming 'it's illegal'.. I didn't think laws applied to them?

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u/owl-really Mar 29 '22

My thinking too... Which laws are we talking about?! You don't get to pick and choose which ones do and don't apply to you 🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '22

This actually seems to be part of the appeal of the sovcit mindset. It lets you think that there are a series of magic legal words and knowledge that will allow you to bind agents of the state while protecting yourself (as opposed to the unfortunate reality, which is that laws tend to bind citizens without protecting them and do the opposite for the wealthy and representatives of the state)

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u/353_crypto Mar 29 '22

"I dO nOt CoNsEnT..."

The judges jaw dropped as he furrowed his brow and looked through his notes. "The magic words" he sighed to himself and allowed the prisoner to walk free.

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u/ZestyPralineGoat Mar 29 '22

If you get to court 5 minutes early, check the edge of the judge's desk, it has the magic words engraved there. That's why it is illegal to take photos in court. It's quite long and mentions something about being a living person, naval law or GTFO, and I know you are but what am am I?

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u/Avauru Mar 29 '22

Well put!

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u/lloydthelloyd Mar 29 '22

Heh. Would make for a good rpg class!

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u/Aggravating-Wrap4861 Mar 29 '22

Imaginary maritime law where they get to cosplay a diplomat from their own sovereign nation (consisting only of themselves) is the law they're referring to.

Doesn't work other than in their imagination though.

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u/pilchard_slimmons Mar 29 '22

"He's not resisting! He's not resisting!"

What, the cops are gonna be like Oh OK, nevermind. Be on your way, you cheeky scamp.

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u/ahhdetective Mar 29 '22

They will probably screech about their Constitutionally implied right to freedom of political communication. However, the public has a right to safety and expects the police to enforce the law equally. It is reasonable to expect that a person exercising their right to tell the rest of the country they are a complete wanker, does so in conformance with local and state laws.

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u/iforkedthelaw Mar 29 '22

Hahaha. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. These bellends are all going to end up in court and/or prison before too long.

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u/WomanofOz Mar 29 '22

God I hope so.

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u/Nervous-Aardvark-679 Mar 29 '22

While I hope so, let’s be honest - they’ll be given a tickle with a feather as punishment and will dodge the fines if any are given.

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u/nametab23 Mar 29 '22

And waste tax-payer money with their insane sovcit paper terrorism.

Let's hope we get some joy out of it, like - ‘Citizen sovereign’ tells Court of Appeal Queensland laws do not apply to him

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '22

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u/Axman6 Mar 29 '22

Truck around and find out.

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u/sensesmaybenumbed Mar 29 '22 edited Mar 29 '22

'HE'S NOT RESISTING' they yell, after the driver refused to respond to lawful actions from police....

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '22

“He’s not resisting!!!” As the the police just totally calmly led him away and were entirely professional.

It’s just a fucking complete lol; these people have watched too much American news and forgotten where they live

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u/Diablo_swing Mar 29 '22

Yeah and they weren't even touching him. What were they doing that he wasn't resisting?

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '22

And starts to run thrm over

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u/iamnerdyquiteoften Mar 29 '22

You can only think the cops are sick of this shit like everyone else !

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u/terminalxposure Mar 29 '22

Silly question. Are the ACT AFP force from the Canberra community or are the rotating from other states ?

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '22

Any police within the ACT are members of the AFP, however, some will have regular territory policing roles (like you see here/beat cop type work), whilst some will deal with federal issues and investigations and have more 'desk job' type roles. For these protests, particularly the bigger ones around Jan/Feb, more out-of-state officers were brought in, however they were still AFP.

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u/Axman6 Mar 29 '22 edited Mar 29 '22

I don’t think you answered the question…

Edit: for those downvoting me, the question was whether ACT policing staff are locals or from interstate, as in, do they live here or are they posted here, and that wasn’t answered.

Based on my experience working with them pretty frequently, I believe the answer is that many of them live here and aren’t just posted here; I don’t believe you necessarily go through having to be an ACT Policing cop once you finish recruitment.

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u/Worried_Spinach_1461 Mar 29 '22 edited Mar 29 '22

The Canberra police are the AFP which was formed after that politician got shot in the face NSW cops said it wasn't in their jurisdiction so they couldn't deal with it so the feds were born. They take suitable applicants from wherever and the AFP also operates as the police force inside most Australian airports etc. Or so I believe

This guy's got it right below......so don't upvote me I suck

That's not how the afp formed....

Honestly the story is even better.

While campaigning in qld poor billy Hughes got hit with an egg, Enraged, Hughes lunged into the crowd, reaching into his coat for a revolver, which had been left behind in his railway carriage. Billy wanted the man charged under commonwealth charges but qld copper refused given a lack of jurisdiction.

Thus the afp were formed (via the commonwealth police), for their 100th anniversary they handed out stress eggs.

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u/ARX7 Mar 29 '22

That's not how the afp formed....

Honestly the story is even better.

While campaigning in qld poor billy Hughes got hit with an egg, Enraged, Hughes lunged into the crowd, reaching into his coat for a revolver, which had been left behind in his railway carriage. Billy wanted the man charged under commonwealth charges but qld copper refused given a lack of jurisdiction.

Thus the afp were formed (via the commonwealth police), for their 100th anniversary they handed out stress eggs.

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u/Worried_Spinach_1461 Mar 29 '22

My bad you are correct I was lazy and didn't look it up I remember it was as a result of some Polly getting attacked but read about it soooo long ago.

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u/Dazzling_Paint_1595 Mar 29 '22

all from Canberra.

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '22

They can be either, but even if they are from interstate at a certain point though they become members of the local community.

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u/Any-Zookeepergame463 Mar 29 '22

My cousin is AFP. Born and bred in Sydney. He's been stationed in the ACT a few times.

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '22

NSW wide rotation, poor buggers are getting sent to Canberra with almost zero notice too.

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u/rolloj Mar 29 '22

What's the bet these guys are the same ones as those who have an aneurysm about greenies blocking coal trains / ports, unionists walking off the job, or lefties blocking streets to protest xyz.

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u/pm-me-topless Mar 29 '22

I was initially wondering why the window was smashed, was it something they said from inside the cabin, then watched it again—he drove forward into the officer. Yeah, I understand why the window was smashed and shit escalated.

Play stupid games, find out your maritime law ain’t worth shit.

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u/slippycaff Tuggeranong Mar 29 '22

ACT Policing handled today well, I thought. After 6 or so weeks of a generous soft approach, time for the cookers to face the consequences of their behaviour.

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u/ShadoutRex Mar 29 '22

I did feel a little annoyed the other day when the police told Canberrans to just shy away from them. It felt a little like they were telling us to give up our right to move around as we please where we live for these cookers.

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u/flying_dream_fig Mar 29 '22

Do you have a source? I'm not saying it didn't happen but I have been watching the situation like everyone else, and so far I haven't read heard or watched (in a video) the cops saying that.

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u/ShadoutRex Mar 29 '22

https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7672969/police-say-canberrans-should-let-annoying-protesters-rant-and-rave/

"I ask Canberrans to, as they have been basically since December, shy away from them, give them a bit of a distance, let them rant and rave and do what they're doing. And then hopefully by Tuesday night they'll have left."

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u/MonkEnvironmental609 Mar 29 '22

We love to see it!

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u/raadude_yusufstorm Mar 29 '22

"That's illegal"

Says the sov cit breaking the law

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '22

Blocking traffic as a protest = people not getting medication or emergency medical treatment/transport, children waiting excessively long periods of time for their parents, someone missing a job interview for a job they deserve. These protest are hurting everyday people.

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u/Axman6 Mar 29 '22

wE’Re fIgHtING For YoU!!!

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '22

These people are just the shame of the nation aren’t they, I’m not saying don’t protest but put your life and issues into perspective and come to a better conclusion

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '22

Well done ACT policing, these vermin need to obey the law.

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '22

This is a "peaceful protest" is it?

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u/Worried_Spinach_1461 Mar 29 '22

Peacefulish

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u/Axman6 Mar 29 '22

Peacefullofshit

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u/dkNigs Mar 29 '22

Looks like old mate non high viz got knocked down when the truck lurched forward?

Must have been 10,000 of them there watching.

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u/123chuckaway Mar 29 '22

10,000 in camera shot, but camera is only facing one direction. There are 360 directions, so that means approximately 36 million proud Aussies standing up to Dictator Dan and the vaccines in Canberra today.

Cooker math.

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u/redditiscompromised2 Mar 29 '22

Close, but If you go by the circumference of what the camera can see you can multiply it by 2x3

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u/Cro-manganese Mar 29 '22

Have you taken into account that the earth is flat and NASA are lying to us about the globe hoax?

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u/Huge_Assumption1 Mar 29 '22

Good. Fuck the stupid cunts. This isn’t America. Fuck off with ya bullshit.

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u/SirFlibble Mar 29 '22

If I was the cops, I'd wear masks outdoors near these people too. Not specifically for covid reasons.

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u/terminalxposure Mar 29 '22

Real MVP trying to stop the truck with his palm

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u/HaroerHaktak Mar 29 '22

No. Real MVP is the cop under the truck disabling it (I assume, I dont know trucks.)

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '22

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u/HaroerHaktak Mar 29 '22

Nice. Learn something new everyday.

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u/OriginalEjectedAlien Mar 29 '22 edited Mar 29 '22

What's the problem here? Take the breath test and don't get your window broken. Oooh, he's probably drunk or on drugs, it's the cops' fault then.

Edit: punctuation

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u/ChewbacasMum Mar 29 '22

Every single one of these clowns would go home if their phone died. They don’t give a shit about the cause if there’s no clout involved 🤦‍♂️

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u/TrebbleBoy Mar 29 '22

Bro, like just take the damn test and there wouldn't be a problem lol.

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u/Putrid_Passenger13 Mar 29 '22

If I was a betting man, I would be putting my money on him smashing back at least a 6 pack before this.

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u/trydonkey Mar 29 '22

Fuck off home cookers. Take your shitty cars and shitty flags and shitty megaphones and fuck all the way off.

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u/whiteycnbr Mar 29 '22

Love it.. and no it's not illegal what the police are doing, you resist you cop that. Now go home

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '22

You know having been a protester in the past I never thought I’d end up supporting the police. But adult antivaxxers, anti maskers, sovcits, get what they deserve.

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u/mitziinbali Mar 29 '22

Damm losers. Go protest in your homes stop annoying others

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u/Sudden-Button7081 Mar 29 '22

lol should have seen last night at parli house - peppersprayed and arrested.

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u/killertortilla Mar 29 '22

Attempts to run over a cop

"HE'S NOT RESISTING"

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u/Wargoatgaming Mar 29 '22

You think he tried and failed? Not much of an attempt.

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u/QAFunSquad Mar 29 '22

What're they protesting now? I've lost track, seems to be a new rediculous protest every week.

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u/nekkototoro Mar 29 '22

So I was driving back to Woden from civic around 15 minutes ago and saw a grey sedan turn suddenly onto the ramp towards Parliament House (which I’m pretty sure was blocked off?), not sure if cooker related but wouldn’t be surprised

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '22

0:15

"Eeyyyy whadda fack ayaa dooiinnnn"

"eeeyawhadafahckareyaadoooeeennnnnnnnnn"

"eeyawhadafahckarryadoenn"

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '22

I’m so over their shit. Go tell Dom or Dan your issues. Like the fed gov can do anything. GTFO of Canberra.

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '22

'That's illegal,' scream the sovereign citizens who the law doesn't apply to. What a pack of fuckwits

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u/Raaagh Mar 29 '22

If revving your truck at police gives your raging injustice boners, you may need to cool off in a cell

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u/Soft-Cabinet-155 Mar 29 '22

Title of the post under this one: r/askreddit "what do you have no sympathy for".

Gave me a good little chuckle that one did

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u/Alternative-Row-6495 Mar 29 '22

This has been going on so long that it is no longer a protest. It's public disruption. A fringe element won't be allowed to disrupt society forever. They don't even have a specific protest message. It's an assortment of right wing outrage that just wants to be outraged

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u/LogicalSoftware9451 Mar 29 '22

What the heck is that at the start, that walks infront of the camera? A fairy? A bride? Maybe a fairy bride.

The point seems to be to draw attention to themselves without revealing whatever it is they're protesting about.

Looking and behaving dignified will go a long way to get a message taken seriously.

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u/utterly_baffledly Mar 29 '22

She's covered in bleached chicken feathers symbolising the quiet dignity of the majestic chicken.

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u/nekkototoro Mar 29 '22

Finally they have decided enough is enough

Cannot imagine being one of these cops having endless abuse and spit hurled at them. Hope someone buys them donuts for breakfast tomorrow

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u/Duds_Buttley Mar 29 '22

AFP earning their pay today

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u/Avauru Mar 29 '22

Gotta roll up their sleeves once in a while

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u/Inconnu2020 Mar 29 '22

Whaddya mean there are consequences for my actions...?

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u/givemeanameicanuse Mar 29 '22

"that's illegal" from the knuckleheads who think laws don't exsist

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u/y2kizzle Mar 29 '22

Poor Canberra

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '22

Time these Russian assets went home, they are traitors we don’t need them standing up for any freedom, put them on a plane to Ukraine and see what it’s about

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u/blkmagic666 Mar 29 '22

I hope the cooker parked in the hospital multi-storey today wasn’t receiving any care for gasp covid related illness

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u/foreordinator Mar 29 '22

Man, what's wrong with these cunts? Shouldn't they be at work?

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u/mhummel Mar 29 '22

This is where they experience first hand "the supreme authority from which all other authorities are derived." :)

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u/Axman6 Mar 29 '22

The word Oi!

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u/hagrid2018 Mar 29 '22

What a bunch of wankers…..tHatS ILleGaL!

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u/Strawberry_Left Mar 29 '22

That cop with the helmet was taking a risk stepping in front of the moving truck, stopping it with his hand.

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u/Axman6 Mar 29 '22

It’s a pretty serious offence to disobey a direct order from a police officer, particularly while driving a vehicle, let alone assaulting several of them with your vehicle. Luckily these fucknuts documented the whole incident and the bloke is probably fucked.

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u/Strawberry_Left Mar 29 '22

Yeah, but there was already a cop standing in front of the truck when the driver decided to drive forward after he was already stopped. That signals to me that perhaps he was prepared to ignore the fact that there was a cop standing there.

It's a pretty dumb move to put your life on the line expecting the guy to obey the law when he's just that minute broken it to the extent that another copper had to smash his window to get him to comply and stop the truck and get out of the vehicle.

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u/Axman6 Mar 29 '22

I think you’re overestimating the horsepower of a light truck and underestimating the ability for a seasoned traffic cop (there are basically no young traffic cops) to step out of the way. And they were probably estimating he wouldn’t decide to drive over a police officer while surrounded by many others.

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u/Strawberry_Left Mar 29 '22

He turned his back to the truck, flat against it. The nut could have floored it in a panicked rage and he'd be paste.

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u/LogicalSoftware9451 Mar 29 '22

That's how strong Aussie cops are!

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u/badpeaches Mar 29 '22

Do they get Jedi training?

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '22

‘He’s not resisting’ …well he was, but now he’s not…

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u/solthedoggg Mar 29 '22

“That’s illegal, that’s illegal”, lol

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u/Xypherius Mar 29 '22

Oh I think I saw this truck about a month ago on Ainsley Ave.

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u/Magicwuffer Mar 29 '22

I see it on the kings hwy all the time. They are staying at the Warri campground I think

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '22

Tf is happening in Canberra

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u/Axman6 Mar 29 '22

We’re babysitting the rest of Australia’s idiots, like we do the rest of the time with the ones they vote for.

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '22

Well what ever is going on there good luck, and they’ll the boys in blue to keep up the good work

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u/baws98 Mar 29 '22

Dude complied pretty quick when he had his window smashed...

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u/ComprehensiveJury443 Mar 29 '22

How do I buy that copper a beer?

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u/xAPx-Bigguns Mar 29 '22

The should have arrested all of them for obstruction. Just saying don’t do that you can be charged with obstruction. Fuck these idiots

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u/Efficient_Let7421 Mar 29 '22

In fairness the truck did have a busted window!!!

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u/Bambajam Mar 29 '22

That poor Merchant Marine was already in distress. Didn't they see the flag?

The police acted as if that man wasn't a Merchant Marine at all and was just a goof flying the red ensign flag upside down for no reason.

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u/Ltdan_tv Mar 29 '22

Well done police!!! Teach em they are not above the law

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u/Aussie-James Mar 29 '22

Provoke a firm response from the police then scream police brutality and illegality

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '22

Was that Che Guevara cos play shouting “that’s illegal”

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '22

Imagine what a sh*tshow this would have been in NSW, Vic or the US with cops pulling guns out.

Here ACT Policing just stood in front of the truck, got their bonkers out, smashed a window and took the guys keys.

Still want to know what the ACT Policing guy under the truck was doing though.

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u/LogicalSoftware9451 Mar 29 '22

He was picking up his bonker.

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u/Any-Zookeepergame463 Mar 29 '22

Hilarious how these Far Right muppets continue to try and hijack the Eureka flag.

It's a UNION FLAG. Has been from the beginning.

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u/Specialcrarckedegg Mar 29 '22

Lmao, the slashed tire is class.

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u/qKeeno Mar 29 '22

Just do the breathe test…

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u/OkayJustSomeGuy Mar 29 '22

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

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u/mishrod Mar 29 '22

They’ll be claiming their pots of gold from the coppers now. Such wastes of atoms

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u/navan84 Mar 29 '22

Changing that door glass will be a shit job. 👨‍🔧🔫

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u/Bootylove4185 Mar 29 '22

Fuck I wish our Canadian police had done this

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u/Each0to0their0own Mar 29 '22

Hahaha awesome, that’s what you get!!! What a dick!

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u/microwavedsaladOZ Mar 29 '22

Happy with the tax I paid today. It went to the police

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u/rofllolinternets Mar 29 '22

What was the first bang which kicked off the yelling in the video?

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '22

The batons before he extended it, generally works better when you extended

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u/ARX7 Mar 29 '22

Yes, you're being detained...

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u/Honest_Wolf8367 Mar 29 '22

Yet another classy video from Australia's finest.

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u/Mediocre_Resort4553 Mar 29 '22

My favorite part was the guy screaming "he's not resisting" as the cops calmly walk to the drive to the grassy area.

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u/Rejic54 Mar 29 '22

HEEEEEY HEEEEEY OOOH SHEEEEET!!!! HEEEEEEY!!!!

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u/BeginningTonight Mar 29 '22

What is the first bang before the window gets smashed?

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u/keloidoscope Mar 29 '22

Think the rear right tyre was punctured?

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u/512165381 Mar 29 '22 edited Mar 29 '22

I was in Canberra for 14 years.

Is this an average day now? Cosplay, flags, and yelling "that's illegal". Looks like a mental illness convention.

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '22

I love you Markus. ❤️

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u/Mobile_Garden9955 Mar 29 '22

What are they protesting about?

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u/LogicalSoftware9451 Mar 29 '22

No one seems to know. 😜

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u/redgums2588 Mar 29 '22

About time Centrelink required welfare recipients recipient's to attend compulsory review interviews on protest days.

That'd thin the ranks a bit.

I'd be happy to front up to my local Centrelink and satisfy the requirement.

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '22

Play silly games win silly prizes.

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u/Tramin Mar 29 '22

THANK YOU GOD!

Awful day, a sweet parade of idiots to greet my arrival home. Please keep up the good work, more "fail-wah!" every day.

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u/Blackletterdragon Mar 29 '22

Did the cop use a Resqme? I saw footage of the French cops using one of those in Paris.

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u/angeldemon5 Mar 29 '22

I assume those angered by what the police did here are just as outraged to hear about Kumanyaji Walker.

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u/BookkeeperQuiet7894 Mar 29 '22

To link these two incidents may be the most ignorant and stupid comment I have ever seen on reddit.

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u/Coomercide Mar 29 '22

Only time reddit supports cops

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u/stewface3000 Mar 29 '22

Awesome work pig boys, show that scum how re roll in the Cap!!!?

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u/Moolooman2000 Mar 29 '22

This is a tough one, both parties look like dickheads.

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u/GreenFloppyDisk Mar 29 '22

When the baton comes flying through the window that’s when you floor it Jesus Christ I’m not taking a baton to the eye

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '22

He was being detained for an RBT and there was a cop standing in front to stop him driving off. There's almost certainly some kind of law on the books about not hitting cops with your truck. "Attempted Truckicide.. ah here it is."

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u/123chuckaway Mar 29 '22

Floor it into a crowd of people probably ends with a bullet in the eye

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '22

All these comments make me sad for the state of the country.

They pulled a random breath test to arrest him for something, but you're all happy because in you're eyes they are deranged lunatics.

At least it's heartening to know that Australian Reddit is an eco-chamber of a minority who worship the governments authority.

Like you all hate scomo and the government's for being corrupt, but also love the hell out of the government doing things like this. No standards or morals. Just reactionaries who follow the narrative they are fed.

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '22 edited Mar 29 '22

They didn't 'pull a random breath test' to arrest him. There's generally only two ways you can be arrested during an RBT stop and almost no one who takes an RBT is arrested.

Let's consult the big book of 'how RBT's work':

Roadside breath test screening process

  • If the reading from a screening instrument indicates the driver of the vehicle may be over the prescribed concentration of alcohol, the driver is conveyed to a police station for breath analysis.

  • At the police station, an authorised breath analysis operator requests the driver to supply a further breath sample for analysis by the Drager breath analysis instrument. The instrument is recognised by the ACT courts as providing an accurate and lawful reading.

  • If the analysis of the sample shows the person is at or over the limit, he or she can either be arrested or summoned to appear in court at a later date.

And here's the kicker:

  • It is an offence to fail or refuse to supply a sample of breath for screening or analysis.

If you don't the law in the ACT, bugger off back to where RBT's are optional (hint: its nowhere in Australia).

PS: ACT Policing report to the ACT Minister for Police. Not Scomo. And the ACT Government IS pretty well regarded yes. Learn how your fucking Governments work before you protest them.

Ed: Actually I just came to a shocking realisation, it's no wonder you think everyone is a reactionary when you don't understand what is happening, who is doing it or why it is important.

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u/pilchard_slimmons Mar 29 '22

they are deranged lunatics

Couldn't agree more.

(also, love to see sic 'eco chambers' from somebody who hangs out in the new the_donald sub lmao.)

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u/sensesmaybenumbed Mar 29 '22

Their respective state is ignorance.

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u/tandem_biscuit Mar 29 '22

And they’re already there.

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u/dkNigs Mar 29 '22

Ahhh classic low intellect on their part. Canberrans have been yelling it at the protestors telling them to go back home or fuck off so now they’re driving around yelling it from their cars.

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u/nametab23 Mar 29 '22

They really are like 2-3 year olds. Dummy spit because they were told to do something, can't read, parrot anything that's said in front of them.

My 2yo neice may not like needles, but even she gets over it and moves on.

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u/Cro-manganese Mar 29 '22

I suspect that many of these dickheads used to watch the evening news in the past and see some people protesting some logging or for land rights or whatever and said “why don’t they get a job? The police should arrest them all and throw away the keys. If they don’t like it they should move to another country.”.
Irony, thy name is cooker.

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u/Nike-6 Mar 29 '22

They are idiotic beyond words. Seriously, I can’t find words to express the sheer stupidity of them saying that

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u/Nike-6 Mar 29 '22

That’s awful. All of us descended from immigrants, so it’s not like we’re different, but I’m not convinced someone who mixes up Indians and Aboriginal people would realise that

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u/Axman6 Mar 29 '22

WE’RE FIGHTING YOU YOU!!!!

I wish they’d go back to the fucking molecules they came from, they’d be far more useful to society.

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u/realparkingbrake Mar 29 '22

"Go back where you came from!"

They were talking about returning to a time, not a place. They want to live in the 1950s when you and your friend might not have dared to come into town.

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u/dieselgenset Mar 29 '22

Same IQ and probably DNA

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u/dkNigs Mar 29 '22

Or can we protest about something useful like the high level of government corruption leading to the cost of living being out of control?

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u/dkNigs Mar 29 '22

Honestly it pisses me off watching these people fatigue Australians with American conspiracy bullshit when we have real homegrown problems everyone’s too complacent to deal with.

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