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Was the violent Sydney protest avoidable, and what can police and demonstrators learn?

  • Written by Simon Bronitt, Professor of Law, University of Sydney
Was the violent Sydney protest avoidable, and what can police and demonstrators learn?

The police role as a “thin blue line” between public order and chaos was tested in Sydney’s CBD on Monday night.

Videos have captured the violent clashes between police and some of the thousands of protesters who gathered at the Town Hall to protest the presence of Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Australia.

One video shows a...

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