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Update (1120ET): Earlier, mostly peaceful, anti-lockdown protests have turned violent, clashing with Australian police, who responded with pepper spray, roadblocks and a string of arrests . New South Wales deputy police commissioner Mal Lanyon explained Orwellianly that “this is not about stopping free speech, this is about stopping the spread of the virus,” while the state’s police minister David Elliott warned protesters would face “the full force of the NSW police.” People are letting off flares now on Lonsdale Street in the CBD for the anti-lockdown protest, choppers are overhead. @theage pic.twitter.com/xbkNbeuPIS — Cassie Morgan (@cassieemorgan) August 21, 2021 Police have been forced to use pepper spray to block protesters after a heated clash. @theheraldsun pic.twitter.com/a2cTnrh0TA — Suzan Delibasic (@suzandelibasic) August 21, 2021 As The Epoch Times’ Mimi Nguyen Ly detailed earlier , thousands of protesters took to the streets in Melbourne, Australia , in a largely peaceful fashion to rally against local lockdown restrictions—a stark contrast to the situation in Sydney , where more than 1,500 police officers descended upon the central business district (CBD) and surrounding areas to quash what was believed to be a planned anti-lockdown protest . Police in New South Wales, where Sydney is the capital, announced Saturday morning that public transport routes and ride shares to downtown Sydney would be blocked. Trains had to skip major train stations until 2 p.m. local time. Taxis and rideshare companies were threatened with fines of up to half a million dollars if they take people to central Sydney between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. local time.
Police officers held up traffic on major roads into the city to fend off any hints of a planned protest. They issued a total of 137 tickets after stopping some 38,000 cars. NSW police perform roadside checks along the City West Link at Lilyfield in Sydney, Australia, on Aug. 21, 2021. (Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images)
In a statement on Twitter, the NSW police said that a protest is unauthorised and would risk spreading COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus . “Public safety is our first priority […]
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