Legal Observers NSW says ‘several officers’ at Port Botany protest – where 19 people were arrested – wore thin blue line patch on uniform
Some police officers at the pro-Palestine protest at Port Botany in Sydney on Sunday night wore thin blue line badges, according to Legal Observers NSW.Some police officers at the pro-Palestine protest at Port Botany in Sydney on Sunday night wore thin blue line badges, according to Legal Observers NSW.police officer wore a “thin blue line” badge – which has been co-opted by far right and extremist groups – when working at a pro-Palestine protest at Port Botany, according to Legal Observers NSW.
All 19 were taken to Surry Hills police station where they were charged and issued a notice to appear at Downing Centre local court on 8 May. Jana Fayyad from the Palestine Justice Movement Sydney, which co-organised the protest, said she saw a police officer wearing the badge and spoke to others who claimed they saw other officers wearing them too.
Victorian police reportedly cautioned employees to stop wearing the symbol in 2020, with then-assistant commissioner Tess Walsh writing in an email: “The badge is counter to our/your organisational values.”Our Australian morning briefing breaks down the key stories of the day, telling you what’s happening and why it matterswith the force’s chief, Mark Rowley, stating the equivalent symbol in the US had been used by “hard-right groups”.
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