Police say group was planning ‘extreme forms’ of protest, activists say police actions were ‘insane overreach’
New South Wales police have defended their raid on a group of climate protesters in north-west Sydney on Sunday, alleging that the group was planning “extreme forms” of protest and acted aggressively towards officers.
“Those police that were attacked by that group this morning feared for their lives,” he said. “They called for urgent assistance and police from all over the Sydney metropolitan area [who] responded to assist and provide aid to those police officers.”Blockade Australia protesters described the police actions on Sunday as “insane overreach” and a large-scale raid.
“This is how a system based on climate destruction responds to a movement of nonviolent climate defenders.”“This level of police repression of the climate movement is unprecedented. We are now suffering multiple impacts of Australia’s continued climate destruction with unprecedented fires, floods, and repression.”Sign up to receive the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning
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