Students and staff were pushed to the ground at the protests on Wednesday.NSW Labor leader Jodi McKay described the police response as "concerning", while Greens MP David Shoebridge said police were "out of control".
Professor Bronitt questioned tactics that were used at recent university protests, suggesting that demonstrators had been funnelled and contained before they were subjected to strategic arrests and interventions. At a separate protest last month,"From past experience, these controversial policing practices only serve to escalate tensions and violence in the management of otherwise peaceful demonstrations," Professor Bronitt said.
Redfern Legal Centre's police accountability solicitor Samantha Lee said she was concerned police were using COVID-19 health orders as a form of anti-protest legislation. "The purpose of the COVID-19 public health law is to prevent the spread of disease, not to prevent the public’s right to protest," she said.She said police had discretion to exercise force and that arrests should be used as a last resort.
Professor Britton said he supported Vice-Chancellor Michael Spence's announcement that the university would call for an urgent discussion with NSW Police.
Just wait until these law students go out into the real world. DID YOU KNOW, IF YOU SUBPOENA INFORMATION FROM THE NSW POLICE. THEY DO NOT HAVE TO PRODUCE IT, WITHOUT PENALTY. ASK JUDGE TAYLOR WHY THEY ARE SO... CORRUPT.
Next they'll be strip searching children.
Quo Vadiz the unholy human rights defender? This student repression happened at nosy nation that used to poking around other sovereign affairs. Beware and be alert! IndonesiaAust DubesAustralia jamesmassola ConnellyAL
Straya is not Nazi Germany
‘Hard’ policing means Victorian head-kicking thug style policing right?
The right thinks our country already has a moral identity, and hopes to keep that identity intact. It fears economic and political change, and therefore easily becomes a pawn of the rich and powerful - people whose selfish interests are served by farestalling such change.[Rorty]
It's Ok, most of them were foreign students. They are used to it. We can't allow freedom of speech to infiltrate Australia.
So are the constant complaining non paying tax students that really have know idea about the real world they are all starting to be ridiculously over educated just do your course and get a job and pay tax hopefully it’s better than the arts my opinion only
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