A senior Victoria Police officer says “tinfoil hat-wearing brigade” are using the state’s lockdown to serve their own “ridiculous notions”.
“Organising and participating in this proposed protest would be a serious and blatant breach of the chief health officer directions and it jeopardises the health of the entire community,” North West Metro Region Assistant Commissioner Luke Cornelius said on Friday afternoon.
“It would not only be ironic but also a tragedy that those who are advocating for a premature end to stage four restrictions, by their selfish conduct, risk the further spread of the virus.”Assistant Commissioner Cornelius said they had pleaded with organisers to postpone the protest until another date, but “these people have been saying ‘stuff you’ Victoria Police, stuff you the people of Victoria, we are going to protest’.
A 76-year-old man was arrested in Windsor this morning and has been charged with the indictable offence of incitement after allegedly inciting others to breach the CHO directions. He has since been granted bail. “And they‘re taking every opportunity to leverage the current situation to serve their own ridiculous notions about so-called sovereign citizens, about constitutional issues and about how 5G is going to kill your grandkids.He also addressed the protests in Dandenong that have lasted five nights resulting in a number of arrests and “numerous” fines.
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