Cops Behaving Badly — New South Wales Edition

I have found the collapse of liberty in Australia, and in particular the states of NSW and Victoria, to be engrossing, or maybe horrifying. And certainly a cautionary tale. Australia (and NSW is the largest state in that country) has collapsed from a Western Democracy into a totalitarian police state in a pretty short time-frame. I think we should all be interested in a concrete example of how quickly you can lose a democracy, but.

One of the media outlets shining a light on this is YouTuber friendlyjordies. As a result of his criticism of the NSW police and politicians, the powers-that-be have sicked the anti-terrorism squad on him. This has (from about 2 weeks ago) given him some video of that squad in action against an average Australian, for the serious crime of making fun of the police. Can't have that!

One set of rules for the police and the powerful, and another set of rules for everyone else. Head cops lying to Parliament. That doesn't sound like a police state, not too much anyway.

Note: I don't agree with everything that is published on the various media outlets that support this guy, and I don't expect you to either. But Right, Left, Liberal, Conservative, Libertarian, whatever... we should all be worried about the state's (and others) attempts to curtail free speech and punish all opposition to politicians and the police.

This is the video for NSW Police: Utterly Compromised.