Several arrests are made after police officers outnumber protesters at an unauthorised anti-lockdown demonstration in central Sydney.
Police officers have extinguished an anti-lockdown demonstration in Sydney, where several people have been arrested while attempting to gather in the city centre.Police said the the protest "seriously compromised the public's safety"Officers created a ring around the CBD ahead of a planned gathering spearheaded by anti-vaccine and anti-lockdown protesters.Officers had been positioned on foot, horseback, bicycles and motorcycles since the morning.
Roadblocks heading into the CBD were also established at main arteries, such as on the Warringah Freeway in North Sydney. More than 1,000 police officers were deployed in central areas and began making arrests after splitting the crowd into smallers groups.After arrests, users inside encrypted messaging apps where the protests were being organised in real-time began to panic."Where the f*** are people who promised to lead it?"
The Sydney protest lost momentum after one of its key organisers, Anthony Khallouf, was jailed yesterday for breaching public health orders.
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