Torin O’Brien led a far-right group that was deregistered as an incorporated association in 2015
Media reports about the Sunday incident were largely sympathetic to the group, including one referring to them as “anti-crime crusaders”.
Andy Fleming, an antifascist researcher said O’Brien had been the national president of the Patriots Defence League, an anti-Islam group that was deregistered as an incorporated association in 2015 after it was claimed to be a domestic violence group. The group’s Facebook page, dating back to when O’Brien was involved, shows pictures of him wearing clothing with the group’s logo.
Social media posts from the Patriots Defence League also refer to Muslims as “terrorist scum”, “rats” and “filthy”.Members of a Facebook group – started by O’Brien for the purpose of arranging community members to attend the homes of young people suspected of crimes – have denied in posts they are motivated by racism.
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