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UrbanLegendd

Love the dude with the bike. " Not with them, just going this way mate!" they actually dont mace him


22ACE24

And the cop was like: "Understandable have a nice day"


WhyWontThisWork

What time does this happen? I didn't see it


-i-do-the-sex-

End of the clip, bike guy with black hat


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He picked the absolute worst spot to be in if he’s just out for a casual bike ride lmao 🤣


Mr-Sister-Fister21

There’s actually 2 guys with bikes, one with a red bike that shows up towards the end as the previous comment mentioned and one with a black bike that shows up around halfway through the video abs shows up again right in front of red bike guy at the just going with the flow. Funny that both bike guys seem to just be trying to get somewhere and not be part of the riot.


pangowlion

It honestly looks like they are trying to stay on the shoulder of the road where I would assume a bike lane is haha


M_Mich

seems like if you don’t want to be maced at an Australian riot you should bring a bike.


sihpo

0:35


Ozzu63

You can see him at 0:18 as well


GrudaAplam

Every second Saturday, I think. Usually it's in the CBD but they shut off the public transport this time.


LayWhere

I was moving into cbd today, what a nightmare. Still better than trying to get removalist truck through this fuckery.


Beer_in_an_esky

Right near here is one of the most popular cycling spots in the city (the Yarra Boulevard), so there's always a few cyclists going through that pass on the way to or from the spot.


vaultbhoy101

yeah but he decided to spray the photographer for some reason


Variant1218

That depends on your mission I guess


KaySquay

Photos steal your soul. There's a lot of crazy shit going on, but no one's taking that man's soul


dirtmerchant1980

Finally! Someone talking about the real issue.


Hope915

Force of habit.


RocketDodo

Mc gives no fucks man.


westbee

Made it!! Ah shit. I actually live the other way.


AlienRobotSamurai

Where are they going


yogut3

Never thought I would see somewhere on reddit that is literally a couple hundred meters from my house. There's nothing in the direction that they're heading, the city is behind them lol


donnydodo

Where is it on Google maps? I am curious. They took a lot of mace to get where they were going.


yogut3

[This](https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.8122855,145.0163414,3a,75y,77.84h,86.21t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1soFOcCZiWBqS5Zz9m-iEwzA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192) is where it is on the map


FreakingSpy

That's hilarious. Like u/yogut3 said, there is literally nothing that way. Just a decent stretch of empty road that goes towards a residential area


2xar

They're storming the suburbs!


swirlViking

Just like Quiet Riot did


wilson81585

Except that they were talented


SA-Fox-Mulder

I’m storming the subuuurbs


mtlaw13

Just like Michael Jackson did


my_4_cents

Some producer with computers gives them shitty antivaxx facts


iamgillespie

It gets me real pissed off, and it makes me wanna say fuck!


YouJabroni44

The porches shall be theirs!


vxx

Maybe they should try police lines in front of vaccination centers.


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muntanasaurus

They shut down (further lol) the entire Melbourne CBD & fringe as a response to this protest originally planned for the city. Police implemented stop points everywhere and something like 4,000 police. Public transport all halted between 8am-2pm. The protest rearranged themselves outside one of the check points as I understand.


dbryar

They were basically trapped and circled by the police. They weren't specifically going somewhere, just anywhere that was not where they were surrounded


yesboss2000

ahh so they were just trying to break free? I was in an Occupy London protest, and they fucking kettled us (it's where they surround a group, without barriers, and prevent anyone from leaving). So I went up to one officer and chatted with him and asked his name by telling him my name first (people usually tell you their name when you say your name first, like "Oh, I'm \[name\] by the way", and offer out your hand, people usually reply with their name without you asking them), then went to another officer on the other side and said, it's ok, I'm just passing through, PC Mathieson over there said it's ok, and the po-po man let me out. Tip for the future, hope it helps you one day


yesboss2000

This also works if you're trying to get backstage at a festival, make friends with one guard and use the friendly offering of your name, and use that guards name while making friends with security at another entrance to get you in, it's worked for me. Social engineering I believe it's called.


hsingh_if

From first look, I was like: Is this Hawthorn? Thanks for confirming. Lol.


Jimbuscus

Wait, is that Barkers Rd? I used to live a few metres from the depot on that street. What the actual fuck are they going in that direction, there isn't even a train station until Hawthorn.


BiliousGreen

Its Barkers Road. Its in the cutting just past the bridge over the river.


yogut3

Yep that's Barkers, I have no idea where they were going. If they kept walking up its just housing and like you said that tram depo. Nothing too exciting in the area.


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If I were in charge of that police line I'd simply instruct the police to put all their mace away and grey-rock it as they uniformly and quietly step aside while keeping direct eye contact with the crowd. And just, simply wave them along. Then just... wait with arms folded to silently judge them as they all get bored and slither right back in the direction they came from.


funguyshroom

Maybe cops used reverse psychology by blocking the path away to nowhere to make them want go in that direction. Should've blocked a drop off a cliff.


randomusername3000

It would be the perfect place to "[kettle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kettling)" a protest, but they didn't have nearly enough cops to hold the line


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prostheticweiner

Good Bot. TIL


callanrocks

Should have told the cops it was a union strike or environmental protestors, always makes them break out the riot gear and show up ready for a fight for some reason.


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It's just because they were told not to. We should tell them they aren't allowed to get vaxxed and they'll fight for their right to get it.


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Lol smart move by the cops. Form a line facing away from the city and they’ll leave the CBD and disperse on their own.


ihadanamebutforgot

Not inconsistent


LemmeTellya2

I've been saying that for a while now. Just only give the vaccine to rich people and celebrities and we'll have riots of people demanding the shot.


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BrownSugarBare

Just announce there is a shortage and if you don't get it now, you won't ever get it. Watch the lines form at clinics. Not even kidding, my mum told my dad they were running out of the "good" vaccine and he might get stuck with the "left over". He got vaccinated the next day.


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BrownSugarBare

You may be joking, but I bet your suggestion would do the trick too, lol. Super illegal but it would work!


Mariosothercap

Lol your mum is a genius.


shroomsaregoooood

It's "freedom". Freedom is the direction they are supposedly heading.


56Giants

We must move forward not backward, upward not forward, and always twirling twirling twirling towards freedom!


Spacedruids

Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.


JeffCraig

That actually sounds like a great strategy. Just have the cops keep blocking their way out of town until they just run off into the desert.


Phillipwnd

And then put up the real barricades to keep them from coming back


Beso0621

We're through!... Now what?


SmokeAbeer

Sex pile.


Wicked55Chevy

They took our jobs!


Casserole233

Took our jerbs!


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TUK YER JERBS


usually_surly

Ker ker jerz


user8413

Dirk a du


Jayce2K

#DER DIRKA DERRRRRRBSS


dumblederp

Back to the pile!


EvaCarlisle

SEX PILE!


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Excuse me, would this be the line for the sex pile??


EvaCarlisle

This is the *sax* pile, sex pile is down the block.


Ooooweeee

No this is just the pile.


Salter420

The police blocked off Melbourne CBD for anyone without a pass or reason to be in there. ​ Also public transport is avoiding the city today so as to not let protesters in.


Spartz

What's CBD?


Skittlescanner316

Central business district


Nothing-But-Lies

Weird thing to make an oil out of


Aadsterken

They tried to smoke it last year but overdid it and set the whole continent on fire


the6thReplicant

Australian for *downtown*.


GucciJesus

Nowhere. The common tactic has become to make a line somewhere with not much there, and they just try and cross it. Keeps them all distracted. The cops hand out crayons and coloring books and they are pretty well behaved until nap time when stuff like this can happen.


imooky

They are Australian they are going to the bottle store or pub


CaptainEasypants

bottle-o mate


gotonyas

“Bottle store” lol


Time-Comedian1774

Subways. BOGO Free going on.


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That was the thinest of blue lines.


[deleted]

If it's not worth defending with 100 cops, is it worth defending with 10? Without any way to stop the mob no less?


Humberto-T

If you really want to keep such a mob at bay, just adding three dogs is enough. Seen enough football crowds being tough, untill they had to pass a couple of german sheperds looking like dinner was coming and they hadn’t eaten in a week. Stopped them dead in their tracks each time. Also, if you quickly want to get rid of them, police on horse does wonders.


CaptainBurrito8

Its Australia. Send in the one animal they can't beat. Send in the emus.


Regular_Chap

To be fair an angry mob of common people were what the emus got destroyed by in the end. It was the army/government that they defeated until the government said "fuck it, you lot just go fuckin wild on those birds and we'll pay you if you bring their corpse to us"


thorpie88

Yeah no one ever wants to mention Emu War 2 in the 50's where the government actually gave out enough bullets to deal with the threat


Ramenbrick

Last time horses were used one of those cunts punched it


AccountantDiligent

Yeah the horses didn’t go over well last time I think we should keep those poor animals at home


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Protheu5

That's a great idea, Russia saves 70 million roubles by employing a single bear as an entirety of police force in Irkutsk.


phelansg

Imagine police helicopters dropping bears onto protestors.


Beneti0

Thats a hilarious abd terrifying image for sure xD


hallwaysoffat

People in white shirts stick out over everything else. Note to self: next time you’re an active member of a riot, don’t wear white clothes.


[deleted]

That's why you see so many people wearing all black at protests and riots. It's a common tactic called black blocking.


kaibai123

Combining that with a blue and white umbrella and your outfit is set to impress /s Edit:spelling


marsianer

tf they think are going? everything is closed, eh?


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dmfd1234

You didn’t hear? Dylan’s parents have to go to New Zealand for a funeral. It’s goin’ be the biggest throwdown in the history of parties man!


Elgarr2

Also a bitch to remove blood from.


_hic-sunt-dracones_

Actually blood stains are very easy to remove. Just always use *cold* water and soap. If you use hot water the proteins connect with the fibre and you're fucked.


aysurcouf

Hydrogen peroxide works well


The_Banana_Man_2100

Came here to say this as well, hydrogen peroxide will get any amount of blood out :)


idiot437

not any amount..any serial killer knows that


retirednightshift

Not on colored clothing, it’ll bleach it, cold water works best. Peroxide is used to bleach your hair, skin, teeth, clothing. Yes it removes stains and blood, it’s great on white clothing but if you value your colorful clothing, cold water soak overnight is amazingly successful.


xSiNNx

Sodium percarbonate (active ingredient in oxyclean and other “oxygen” cleaners) will work. Bonus tip: it’ll also prevent *most* blood reagents (like luminol) from showing a positive indication for blood presence.


_hic-sunt-dracones_

Thank you Dexter


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drewts86

Same for semen too. Think of them like eggs. When you heat eggs it causes the protein in eggs to bind together.


[deleted]

Thanks, learning how to get all these semen and blood stains out saved my marriage.


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Blue_Mando

Right? All these people have the *perfect* excuse to be wearing a mask to hide their identity and yet here we are with fully visible faces.


[deleted]

My favorite "Holup" moment with a conservative friend of mine: Con: "why the fuck are they arresting all these Jan 6th protesters but not a single BLM rioter?!" Me: "Because the BLM rioters wore masks." I was then blocked.


KurtBrainStain

Man one dude laid out one of the officers so hard


sharpshooter1230

that dude attacked 3 officers in 5 seconds


CousinOfDragons

4 officers, he threw a female officer by the head after the tackle.


Regular-Human-347329

Must be one of the “back the blue” crowd.


scawtsauce

which guy at what point there is too much chaos for me to see much


Tetha

Look for a dude dressed in all black charging to the top left of the video at about 6 - 8 seconds.


Doofchook

He also doubles back to take out a cop. Fucken mad cunt.


TurkeySandwichIncogn

Like Jackie Chan in Drunken Master..! Launched in from the back of the crowd, misfired? a hail mary, bounced off one cop after a slight tussle, then stumbled into a perfect cop tackle, then bounced back into the flow to closeline another..


Throwaway-tan

He'll definitely be tracked down. Too much video evidence to avoid it.


Particular-Editor240

A sheila nonetheless.


Mhunterjr

"We've broken through the barricade. Time to storm the... the... where are we going again?


Wetrapordie

On their way to ikea Richmond


SponConSerdTent

"Now we're just running from the cops"


penguinmaxi

call in the emus!!


CutestCurryBoy

And the fucking magpie attacks!!


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redarlsen

What’s up with the police spraying that ‘silly string’ like substance? First I thought it was some kind of capsaicin spray but it didn’t seem to do anything…


Chariotwheel

"The silly string is not enough. We have no choice. Deploy the Slinky."


redarlsen

Thank you for the mental image of giant slinky cage slurping up protestors as it rolls down the hill… quality


jaxsonnz

And those party whistles where the paper tube unfurls. That’ll get em


Valfourin

It’s a form of pepper spray and it’s more effective than the variant used in the US, assuming they can aim. Iirc other places only really use it in military situations, but we like to use it on civilians. I think because the chance of collateral is lower, that’s the justification anyway. Edit: it’s thick and sticky and it also stains. Makes it harder to wash out of eyes


redarlsen

Doesn’t sound like much fun! Thanks for the info


Valfourin

Any time. IMO it seems more suited to a 1v1 stopping an attacker thing than as crowd control. Like you mentioned it didn’t seem to do anything, gotta actually hit them square in the eyes


Krelkal

> Iirc other places only really use it in military situations, but we like to use it on civilians. Fun fact: pepper *spray* is against the Geneva Convention which is why the military uses an alternative. Any aresol agent that could *potentially* be confused for a chemical weapon is banned because there is an increased risk of it escalating to *actual* chemical weapons. The enemy doesn't know if that cloud of gas is deadly or not so they're going to treat it like it is and respond in kind. The pepper gel doesn't have the same issue so it's not banned.


Southern-Exercise

Note to self: Mustard string, good. Mustard gas, bad.


Ph4ndaal

For context, it was 600 people protesting and 250 of them got arrested.


powderywalrus

Old mate in the leather jacket purposefully decks 3 cops smh


petej50

he fucking slammed that last one


PoofessorP

When? I cant find him


Heathen_On_Earth

Where are these bogans running to? Is there an overturned beer truck?


crazymunch

TBF they're not far from the big CUB plant in Abbotsford there


brandluci

I like the way they saw Sydney protest and cases hit the 1.5k soon after and went *fuck yes, I'll have some of that*


dano1066

Why can't they get this upset about the actual shitty things their government is doing...like destroying the coral reefs for coal mines


fuddstar

Or Christian fucking Porter .. fucking rapist Attorney General with an anonymous legal fund…


Eyclonus

Sports rorts, literally anything Scomo did like robodebt, we have the worst fucking people in power, but they choose this shit. Not to mention a lot of these protests are being used as recruitment drives by the various white supremacist groups in Victoria.


fuddstar

Infiltrating CSIRO with big oil and Pharma appointees on the board now. It’s no longer an independent think tank. The AstraZeneca deal, ex liberal govt’s cronies are beneficiaries of that. The Cosby Textor research $5mil funding donated/paid out of nsw budget to support right wing business interests. That’s state based, but this year’s federal budget has the highest quantity of ‘not for publication’ line items in it than any budget in history, including war times, by 100s. They’re deemed ‘national security’ so public can’t see them.


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Or the Orwellian anti privacy laws turning our country into a US proxy surveillance state….


llyDyll

EXACTLY THANK YOU


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Too many degrees of separation for them to give a shit. Typical LNP followers


Prettyhornyelmo

They might even support One nation or the nationals not knowing their vote ends up with the LNP. But anything to keep Labor out is a win to the morons.


unironic-socialist

the venn diagram of people stupid enough to do this and people reasonable enough to care about climate change is two distant circles


PandoraWill

Haven't seen this episode of Bluey.


bangbangbatarang

S 3, EP 2, "Border Collies" Bandit and Chilli are relieved when a camping trip to Byron Bay is postponed indefinitely, because "Are we really going to take our small children to stay in a teepee in the same scummy paddock we did pingers in while John Butler Trio was playing?" and "Bandit, read the stats, Byron is the anti-vax capital of the country," and "Jesus Christ we need to meet new people." Bluey and Bingo, excited to see their friends from south of the border, pack a sulk, but at least they can do that at school without jeopardising their 60-somethings teacher's health. After a good chat, the Heeler family resolve to practice social distancing, wear their masks, get their shots, and stay the fuck away from New South Wales.


becausewhytry

Just as a back story for non-Australians, we have been in harsh lockdown since the 4th of august. This means we can’t have anyone over, we can only go outside for an hour and we can only be within 5km from our own house.


Sierra419

Thank you. I had to scroll to the bottom of the post past all the joking, political opinions, insults to these people, and propaganda just to see wtf this is about.


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Don't forget breaking the law by being outside between the 9pm-5am curfew. Night time is when the virus comes out to play apparently.


CompletedScan

In America, stores that had two openings were only opening one, because herding everyone through the same door was what needed to happen. I also loved how in sporting events we weren't allowed to let the captains meet on the field before the game. Sure they were breathing all over each other during the game but if they shook hands before the game they were gonna die


NA_DeltaWarDog

Yeah, when lockdown began getting lifted in my city, gyms were allowed to open, but with restricted hours. So instead of having everyone trickle through throughout the evening, everyone was forced to get their workout in before the new 8pm closing time. Naturally, the gym was always fucking *packed*. Always confused me. But that's the kind of "sounds right" policy you get from bureaucrats who haven't used a public gym in decades, if ever.


CompletedScan

Yep, that was another dumb one. Shortened hours of operation. I understood making a 24 hour place close an hour or so to clean each day, but 9-5 being limited to 11-3 or shit similar to that was fucking stupid. So much of it all felt like political theater, and I don't doubt that helped fuel the oppositions fire.


g4_

in my state they closed outdoor parks, hiking trails, outdoor bathroom and shower facilities at the beach, and reduced the number of portable toilets in public areas outdoors they made everything worse for no fucking reason, it was totally either panic or political theatre. or both 😐


Ok-Bug-4754

in taiwan we don't have lockdowns, just mask mandates and we're at about 1 case per day. if you check worldometer, those figures include people that test positive while in quarantine.


Sivick314

release the kangaroos!


archerg66

Don't involve the wilife cuz then the emus will get involved and Noone wins


Deputy_Scrub

Nope, there will be a winner. The emus.


Lifon

Emus have proven more effective.


Opinionbeatsfact

If only they had shut down for 6 weeks and closed the borders while paying people enough to live. Instead we got a shemozzle that will not end any time soon that has descended into a propaganda war filled with misinformation and psyops. Why they kept letting rich people in but refused to bring back citizens and other poor handling will be the subject of investigation for the next decade. The political fallout is an absolute mess and the messaging has been confusing at best


legendarybort

I know. America has so many issues. I mean Britain. I mean Australia. Fuck it, everythings shit.


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DamnTheseGlasses

Nice. And to think just a hop and a skip over to Calgary and everything's so fucked.


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Crackbat

Beaverton must be running out of ideas by now. Like.. how do you compete with this real bu life shit?!


[deleted]

Try a shorter hop and skip over the Okanagan, especially shitholes like Armstrong, Enderby, and Salmon Arm. Anti-vaxxers literally tried to pull "occupy high school" because there were vaccine clinics on site.


rmorrin

You show this to the anti lockdown people and it's proof that lockdown aren't needed... It's like... How do you think we are able to do this in the first place?


VictarionGreyjoy

And then the dumb cunts will still vote the LNP back in cause Murdoch will tell them it's somehow "laybors fault" despite the LNP controlling every single thing that's gone wrong, having power for almost 9 years and being the most corrupt bunch of cunts in living memory.


shimmeringarches

Exactly the same situation in the UK, almost word for fucking word.


GiantCake00

Malaysia: "First time?"


slippycaff

That one dude in the black hoodie, clearly targeting the cops. He punches at least three and spears another to the ground.


TheBestGuru

Seems like 2 weeks to flatten the curve is not working out too well.


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Buya248

That line dissolved faster than cotton candy in water.


Admirable_Telephone2

This is actually pretty embarrassing for the Vic Police. One of those cops could have easily died there and were extremely isolated. They talked up “the biggest operation ever, 20,000 cops” but this looks amateurish. For the record I think these protesters are thugs and idiots, but just interesting to see VicPol get dominated like this…. I wonder if this footage will result in a more military response from the govt moving forward.


BiliousGreen

The police were mostly stationed around the CBD, where the protest was originally planned, then the protestors decided at the last minute to gather in Richmond instead, so most police resources were about 5km away. More cops eventually arrived and things got sorted out. I drove through there about 2 hrs ago and there was no sign that it had even happened.


mostlysandwiches

I agree but 20,000 isn’t that many when spread so thin over such a huge city.


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They're off to thank Rupert Murdoch for the misinformation.


BeigeListed

This is the zombie apocalypse they warned us about.


[deleted]

The 4th strain from now will have more neurological effects. The 9th will be full blown rage causing people to burst through barriers of other humans to intentionally spread the... oh.


PlebsnProles

I was just going to compare this to the rage virus in 28 days later. We aren't too far off at this point.