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DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a>: Proposed <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiProtest</span></a> Laws: Reviewing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Victoria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Victoria</span></a>'s New Legislation</p><p>by lawyer Galbally Parker | Jan 14, 2025</p><p>"The proposed anti- protest laws include:</p><p> - Banning the flags and symbols of listed terrorist organisations in public, to give Victoria Police more powers and fill in any gaps in Commonwealth anti-Terror legislation. Listed terrorist organisations include <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hamas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hamas</span></a>, Hezbollah and several other groups, including white nationalist and racist violent extremist (NRVE) right-wing groups.<br> - Banning the use of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FaceMasks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FaceMasks</span></a> at protests, which are being used to conceal identities and shield agitators from crowd-control measures like <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/capsicum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capsicum</span></a> spray. A mask ban in public demonstrations will focus on prohibiting the wearing of face coverings at protests and providing police with the power to require their removal. Exemptions would apply for legitimate health, religious or cultural reasons.<br> - Banning the use of glue, rope, chains, locks and other dangerous attachment devices that protestors use to cause maximum disruption and endanger others<br> - Introducing prohibited zones for protest (i.e., where places of worship are situated) </p><p>The proposed anti-protest laws, if legislated, will give police extensive enforcement powers."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://galballyparker.com.au/proposed-anti-protest-laws-a-review-of-victorias-new-legislation/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">galballyparker.com.au/proposed</span><span class="invisible">-anti-protest-laws-a-review-of-victorias-new-legislation/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACAB</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RightToProtest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiMaskLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiMaskLaws</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PepperSpray" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PepperSpray</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SilencingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AustraliaAntiProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AustraliaAntiProtestLaws</span></a></p>
sgt1372<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sfba.social/@Bronwyn" class="u-url mention">@<span>Bronwyn</span></a></span> Lots of articles on the Net regarding the use of force for <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/selfdefense" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>selfdefense</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/PepperSpray" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PepperSpray</span></a> is a not lethal weapon but you can not use a level of force greater than that used against you. </p><p>In practical terms, you cannot be legally justified to use pepper spray unless someone has committed an <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/assault" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>assault</span></a> &amp;/or a <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/battery" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>battery</span></a> upon your person. </p><p>While battery requires someone to hit you with something -- hands &amp;/or a weapon -- an assault does not.</p><p>&quot;Assault is not limited to physical contact. Legally, it involves an intentional act creating a reasonable apprehension of imminent harmful or offensive contact. The perpetrator’s actions must be deliberate, and the victim must perceive an immediate threat.&quot;</p><p>See: <a href="https://legalclarity.org/is-pepper-spray-considered-assault-in-legal-cases/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">legalclarity.org/is-pepper-spr</span><span class="invisible">ay-considered-assault-in-legal-cases/</span></a></p><p>So, if you encounter someone somewhere where the perpetrator gave you a &quot;reasonable apprehension of imminent harmful or offensive contact,&quot; feel free to use your pepper spray.</p><p>The same applies to the use of a <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Taser" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Taser</span></a> which you should also consider carrying. Each has +&#39;s &amp; -&#39;s.</p>
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