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Thousands of people descended on Sydney s CBD yesterday to protest against COVID-19vaccinations and the state s lockdown laws.
Marchers started at Victoria Park, Camperdown, where police tried to contain the crowds, but were soon outnumbered.
The group soon left the park and made their way up George St, where the situation quickly unravelled and turned violent.
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Anti-lockdown protest on 24 July, 2021. Photo: Brook Mitchell(Brook Mitchell)
Dozens of people were witnessed assaulting officers, destroying public property, chanting anti-government sentiment and climbing onto shop awnings.
Deputy Commissioner Lanyon said police were prepared for the size of the protest, where more than 3500 people marched through the CBD, but the behaviour by those involved was “unprecedented” and “disgraceful”. “We certainly weren’t taken by surprise . we had between 350-400 officers made up of general duties and specialised forces there,” he said. “What took us by surprise and what disappoints me greatly is the level of violence that people were prepared to use, that was unprecedented. That’s not Sydney and that’s not what we expect. This is not a time for the community to be in conflict with police.“
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Update on COVID-19 policing compliance activities
The NSW Police Force continues to escalate its compliance activities throughout greater Sydney and across the state in response to yesterday’s announcement of further restrictions under the Public Health Order.
General duties police will be out in force undertaking high visibility patrols to ensure the community is educated and complies with the new requirements of the Public Health Order, which have been introduced across Greater Sydney including the Central Coast, Blue Mountains, Wollongong and Shellharbour, to further limit the spread of the COVID-19 Delta strain.
The new restrictions include:
Residents of Fairfield, Canterbury-Bankstown and Liverpool LGAs cannot leave their LGA for work except for authorised workers such as emergency services and healthcare workers (including aged and disability workers);
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