Oh look, NSW laws being used to silence the protest against Aboriginal deaths in custody.

Shocked.

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Protesters in Sydney have vowed to return for 'Invasion Day' rallies on 26 January after being dispersed at a rally against Indigenous deaths in custody on Sunday.

In the lead-up to the event, demonstrators said they were planning to march in defiance of the NSW government's controversial new protest laws.

However, moments before protesters were set to march from Hyde Park, police told event organiser Paul Silva to ask the crowd to "disperse in a peaceful and orderly manner".

Silva then told the crowd of about 200 people — according to the Australian Associated Press — that he thought it would be "the safest option if we disperse".

"I don't want anyone being attacked and, unfortunately, these laws will allow that," Silva said.

Following the Bondi terror attack, NSW passed new legislation giving the state's police commissioner the power to restrict protests for up to three months after a designated terrorist incident.

Police say they're now negotiating with organisers over the rallies planned for 26 January, Australia Day. A spokesperson has said the NSW Police commissioner has yet to make a decision on whether to renew the ban, which is set to lapse on Tuesday 20 January.

#Aboriginal #Indigenous #Decolonise #SovereigntyNeverCeded #Treaty #FuckRacism #FuckWhiteness #FuckColonisation #AbolishPolice #AbolishPrisons #Abolition #CommunityNotCops #NoJusticeNoPeace

Read more: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/protesters-vow-to-return-on-26-january-after-deaths-in-custody-demonstration-dispersed/kcimduouc?fbclid=IwYW9zYgPaoNtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwzNTA2ODU1MzE3MjgAAR6wa5LlFcFBVRQyk_73VHbrAqPBXU0n-rK4vVYpWOQc-N9bi6wTEX4yTi9KJg_aem_V5GkEj9JjX14INuyeA59Fw

[c/p from SBS Facebook page, link in comments]

Well, getting into a Facebook argument with NSW Police wasn't in my 2025 bingo card...

Wait, who am I kidding. Yes, it fucking was.

#NSWPolice #AbolishPolice #Abolition #AbolishPrisons #CommunityNotCops #FuckThePolice

They don't learn because it's not a mistake. They use their cars as weapons.

#Aboriginal #Indigenous #AbolishPolice #Abolition #AbolishPrisons #CommunityNotCops #FuckThePolice

https://nit.com.au/28-11-2025/21536/nsw-cop-found-guilty-over-death-of-indigenous-teenager-jai-kalani-wright

Find local community orgs.
Organise with friends, family, and community.
Learn skills and help each other out.

#organize #organise #Protest #CommunityNotCops #anarchism #activism

I'm enjoying the assessment I'm writing today, because I'm actually being able to give my opinion with my whole entire chest, and not couch it in politeness.

"What I dislike about how the criminal justice system addresses trauma is that it largely does not address it at all. Instead, it punishes the symptoms of structural violence while ignoring the causes. Women are imprisoned for survival crimes, like shoplifting, fraud, drug possession, parole breaches, often directly linked to domestic violence, poverty, or coercion. Indigenous women are imprisoned at exponentially higher rates not because they are more "criminal," but because they live under a racist colonial state that constantly intervenes in their lives through child removal, policing, and incarceration. The system compounds trauma: strip searches, isolation from children, and institutional abuse are all forms of state violence.

What I do appreciate are the emerging discussions around trauma-informed practice, but these reforms remain superficial within a system fundamentally designed to punish and control. Real change cannot come from within the logic of carcerality.

To respond differently, we must reject the assumption that cages create safety. If trauma contributes to criminalisation, then healing, not punishment, must be our response. Communities require investment in housing, mental health care, family support, culturally grounded healing programs, and abolitionist alternatives to policing and prisons. For Indigenous people, this must include self-determination and truth-telling about colonisation. Addressing trauma is not merely therapeutic, it is political. A just society does not criminalise pain; it prevents it."

#audhd #autism #adhd #writing #uni #university #Criminology #CriminalJustice #Academia #AbolishPolice #Abolition #AbolishPrisons #anarchism #CommunityNotCops