The video starts with the police physically removing her.

Why didn't it show the numerous move on requests that would have proceeded that?

The thing is, this is clearly not an aggressive political activist, destroying and damaging property -
so why the heavy handed tactics from police?

Yes Gordon,
protests are not safe places for anyone yet alone little kids.

Bobby. wrote on May 9^th, 2020 at 9:47pm:


When police give you a directive you disagree with, you comply then take it up with their superior or your local MP at a later stage.

If you want to argue the point, you end up in a paddy wagon.

At Bondi today the cops were strictly enforcing 'swim and go'.

You drop your towel on the beach at a designated section, enter the water for as long as you like then depart the beach immediately when you exit the water. I few people thought they were special and the rule didn't apply to them, the police very politely asked them to move on, anyone who didn't got the serious police game on face.

One woman, a big fat drunk abo got frog marched off the beach for not complying.

Bobby. wrote on May 9^th, 2020 at 9:59pm:


Yes but there are laws. Like I said tho, if she wanted to disobey a police directive, take the kid home first. What was she protesting?

Isn't it a pity that the kid's parents found it necessary to abuse their son by using him as a 'shield' (so to speak) to break the law? Also Blobby, did this kid's parents not consider that their child was at risk of being infected with coronavirus when they took him along with them and placed him in the middle of this disorder just so they could use the little boy to garner sympathy from onlookers?

And to answer your silly question NO the police were not 'heavy handed'.....they were doing their job......

Fuzzball wrote on May 9^th, 2020 at 10:05pm:



So it's her fault for speaking?

Is Australia a free country?

Bobby. wrote on May 9^th, 2020 at 10:07pm:



It's her fault for not complying with lawful instructions........

And if it was left to you and your ilk Australia wouldn't be a "free country" .........

The woman is despicable for both  ignoring the social distancing rules that are keeping the Chinese virus at a manageable level and for using her child as a prop  in her self centred protest.  No one likes the rules in place at the moment but any sane person can see the reason for them.

Bobby. wrote on May 9^th, 2020 at 10:15pm:


I know only too well that's it's commemorating 'Victory in Europe Day' seventy plus years ago Blobby. People (my relatives included) gave their lives to allow people to be free, not to break the fkken law you clown, and use their kid as an excuse to do so.

Hang em high eh Blobby?

Bobby. wrote on May 9^th, 2020 at 10:07pm:


Disobeying the Law is not an act of Freedom.
True Freedom is the ability to live without the need for Law.
So don't blame them for doing their job.
They can do what they like for all I care. They don't affect me. I swim between the Flags.

Protesting is no place for children.

And i'm sure she got plenty of ample warning before the cops had to do this.

Don't feel sorry for her at all.

Sir Spot of Borg wrote on May 10^th, 2020 at 8:22am:



Jump to 2:28
Queen,
Quote:

Gordon wrote on May 9^th, 2020 at 9:31pm:


Maybe because the law is a joke. People have the right to protest it was obviously peaceful and not blocking access, beyond that laws that allow police to interfere with peaceful protest are just wrong.

The right to protest is an important part of a democracy and police being used to stop protest is an element of a police state.

You don't see the police turn up to Truck blockades and such which are a genuine public nuisance and danger to the community but that is ok they prefer to grab a young woman with a child for next to no reason, just an easy mark.

Sir Spot of Borg wrote on May 10^th, 2020 at 9:22am:



The soldiers who fought in WW2.
It's ironical that a woman was arrested for saying words
on the anniversary of VE day.

Bobby. wrote on May 10^th, 2020 at 9:26am:


They died for australians?

Spot

Sir Spot of Borg wrote on May 10^th, 2020 at 9:29am:



Jump to 2:28
Queen,
Quote:

Dnarever wrote on May 10^th, 2020 at 9:28am:



what was the peace rally dna???  I still dont know .

you dont take a child to any kind o f protest no matter what.....did the police use strong arm tactics or water cannons.or batons????....I didnt see any of that which is usual at protesting rallies......

was she a rally of ONE... seems odd  when we are still being told to stay home....


why was her friend more concerned with taking her video than taking the child away????....were the police breaking up people who were not practicing social distancing????...

the full story would help.

cods wrote on May 10^th, 2020 at 11:00am:



What if it was your daughter and your grandson?

Bobby. wrote on May 10^th, 2020 at 11:03am:


would you still argue it was heavy handed if she were a black Somalian goober?

John Smith wrote on May 10^th, 2020 at 11:09am:



No - equal rights for everyone - a free land -
free speech.

Sir Spot of Borg wrote on May 10^th, 2020 at 11:14am:



That wasn't the father - it was a random member of the public.

cods wrote on May 10^th, 2020 at 11:17am:



Yes - you could argue that she put an innocent child in danger
but on the other hand this is supposed to be a free country
where you are not arrested for words.

Sir Spot of Borg wrote on May 10^th, 2020 at 11:14am:




because she was holding the child   and they didnt want him near her.......he could have slipped her a knife or something........ he could have been Jack the ripper... ....come on this is spur of the moment instant happenings.....there would be no training for this....the police were trying to do their job and protecting her at the same time.....had she done what we are all expected to do...and gone to the station she would have left soon afterwards  with a few words in her ear... instead it turned into a farce........spot they dont make rules for ONE PERSON>

Bobby. wrote on May 10^th, 2020 at 11:19am:



there are a few rules about WORDS BoBBY   even fd has a few?..

if you screamed abuse at a copper you would be arrested...

no good saying its only words....


forget about the WORD FREE as well bobby  no such thing.

John Smith wrote on May 10^th, 2020 at 11:22am:



As far as I know you can be arrested for swearing - offensive language -
but not for other words.

Bobby. wrote on May 10^th, 2020 at 11:27am:


yell out 'i have a bomb' in a cinema or a plane and see how well you go

besides, i wasn't talking about that. Did you make up that she was 'arrested for words'?

Bobby. wrote on May 10^th, 2020 at 11:33am:


You're not answering the question idiot. Was it to hard for you

Was she arrested for 'her words'?

John Smith wrote on May 10^th, 2020 at 11:35am:



It doesn't say why she was arrested.
It's a fair assumption that it was due to forbidden words.
"Magna Carta" is perhaps an example?

Bobby. wrote on May 10^th, 2020 at 11:39am:



And yet you're the one pretending she was arrested for words.



By the way, the Magna Carta says that EVERYONE is subject to the law ....


that includes protesters hiding behind their kids

She and her band of fkkwits were in breach of the Statewide distance/isolation rules due to the pandemic, they were told to disperse and go home and they decided that they were NOT going to comply with lawful instructions, and the woman then used her kid as a publicity prop causing the kid obvious distress, so they were arrested........good job Officers!

Fuzzball wrote on May 10^th, 2020 at 11:57am:



You sound like someone we know:

Bobby. wrote on May 10^th, 2020 at 12:03pm:


And you sound like a pathetic little idiot who tries (desperately) to make a valid statement by posting utter nonsense........case in point as above, together with your pathetic pic.......you old plonker!

Fuzzball wrote on May 10^th, 2020 at 12:10pm:



bobby always stoops to extremes   whilst protesting about extremes...



makes sense to some!

Fuzzball wrote on May 10^th, 2020 at 12:10pm:



I don't drink -  next........

Bobby. wrote on May 10^th, 2020 at 12:16pm:




in the video yes......but there were a whole group of cops there........they were not there for one person bobby....stop being pedantic...

cops are front line responders...if you think they can distance arrest someone....you are loopy.......

by the look of her she had a whole lot to say....she didnt shut up....she showed her complete disrespect for authority..

Bobby. wrote on May 10^th, 2020 at 12:16pm:


Remember what I posted about the beach yesterday? The cops and rangers were strictly enforcing where you could and couldn't go.

I dropped my towel at the swimming area and walked about 200m down to the surfing area to tell my daughter to start to get out. Cops on a sand buggy came after me and told me to go back to the other end. I told them why I wanted to go down there, they said no worries but please make it quick because if people see one person in the area, others will follow.

I saw them bail up other people and most immediately complied, ones who didn't got a more aggressive police posture.

People congregate in lumps so having her protesting there would draw a cluster of people. She would have been given request after request to move on before they acted and she ignored them.

She alone is responsible for what the poor kid went thu.

We all have opinions about whether she has the right to protest, whether the Police were heavy handed, whether
she should have even had her kid with her....
Opinions are like arseholes...we all have one...
My opinion is that the kid shouldn't have been there, and that
she has a right to protest and that the Police handled it poorly.
A copper friend of mine watched the video of the entire scene
and just shook his head at how it was handled....
Personally.....
I think tyranny is alive and well in this country....'BUT shoosh….don't tell anyone.....

billy the kid wrote on May 10^th, 2020 at 12:27pm:




Yes - one protester says to that cop

"did you sign up for this? "

Gawd. Nobody "died" for our "freedom". We arent free and no wars have been waged against us to take away our "freedoms". We have fought in other ppls wars. We belong to the queen.

Spot

Sir Spot of Borg wrote on May 10^th, 2020 at 12:30pm:


So protesting on the street with a sign around your neck, trying to catch the attention of people is encouraging social distancing?

how come bobby and spot seem to know more than the rest of us......was there two videos?..

cods wrote on May 10^th, 2020 at 12:36pm:


Actually there was cods. If you look in comments someone posted another one of the beginning of the exchange

Spot

Sir Spot of Borg wrote on May 10^th, 2020 at 12:39pm:


I saw that. It wasn't the beginning, the police would have afforded her the opportunity to move on and she refused.

Are you now in the camp the public should ignore the social distancing rules and do you ignore police directivs?

Gordon wrote on May 10^th, 2020 at 12:44pm:


You obviously didnt see it if you say it wasnt the beginning

Spot

cods wrote on May 10^th, 2020 at 12:44pm:

You didn't answer my question...
Ill repeat it....are you an expert on civil rights...
Apparently not...you just voiced your opinion...
That's all you've done....voiced an opinion....

Bobby just answer this.

Would this incident have occurred had we not been in a KungFlu pandemic?

Yeah...twelve of them (including SES and military stand around all day and night at the Coolangatta "checkpoint"
whilst one of them checks a car every ten minutes....
BUT I digress.....

And in NSW the current rules are you are only allowed to leave home for shopping, work or exercise.

I don't think standing around the street with a protest sign would be any of the above.

Gordon wrote on May 10^th, 2020 at 1:02pm:



according to billy its against our civil rights....