soul_on_ice on September 12nd, 2019 at 08:08 UTC »
I guess the question here is why are they gathering evidence from a legal event?
It’s not a riot which would be illegal and would require evidence to be gathered.
Edit: to all visitors to this sub and all who haven’t realised that this is a rhetorical question. You must , well in advance, register all protests/marches with local authorities sharing the duration, location and time. So to be clear, the police were not caught off guard as some may be suggesting or being under the impression of.
soul_on_ice on September 12nd, 2019 at 08:08 UTC »
I guess the question here is why are they gathering evidence from a legal event?
It’s not a riot which would be illegal and would require evidence to be gathered.
Edit: to all visitors to this sub and all who haven’t realised that this is a rhetorical question. You must , well in advance, register all protests/marches with local authorities sharing the duration, location and time. So to be clear, the police were not caught off guard as some may be suggesting or being under the impression of.
jpac82 on September 12nd, 2019 at 08:56 UTC »
Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest!
BigItalianBeenus on September 12nd, 2019 at 14:35 UTC »
From an outsider's perspective who's never been to Australia, couldn't they just be standing around and recording just in case it turns violent?
Some protests intended to be peaceful can go wrong if nasty people turn up.
Obviously given the amount of upvotes on this post and the nature of the comments, I am most definitely wrong but could somebody ELI5 here?