Tau Jarrah
92 posts
@Traralago
Inculcated into believing the UK & USA were the good guys. Witness Gaza & all USA initiated wars. Not good at all. I look to China & Iran with fresh eyes
Prosecutions based on a law found to be unconstitutional should be dropped and those assaulted by police should sue for damages. “peaceful protest is indispensable to the exercise of political sovereignty by the people of the Commonwealth’ .. (Josh) ‘Lees said the laws had been used by NSW Premier Chris Minns to violently suppress protests against Israel’s genocide in Gaza and called for Minns to “take accountability” and resign. The challenge came against the backdrop of heavily policed protests in early 2026, including the violent crackdown on the Sydney Town Hall protest against the visit of Israeli president Isaac Herzog.’ ‘Nick Hanna, solicitor for the plaintiffs, said the laws had enabled “the most violent crackdown … against protesters in decades”. “Today’s decision makes clear that, in my view, it is inevitable that prosecutions of every single person who attended that protest will be unsuccessful, and they will be found not guilty if they proceed to hearing,” he said. NSW Greens MP Sue Higginson said the ruling raised serious questions about police conduct during those protests. “What we saw … was police brutality on a scale we have not seen for decades in this state,” she said. “I hold Chris Minns responsible for that violence because it was his unconstitutional laws upon which the police acted.” Higginson said the state could now face “tens of millions of dollars in civil liability claims” arising from the policing of protests under the invalid laws.’ michaelwest.com.au/unconstitution…
