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Dominic Perrottet Reckons Jailing Protestor Violet Coco Is ‘Pleasing To See’ Shut Up, My Guy

New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet reckons climate protestor Violet Coco
Coco being sentenced to 15 months in jail Oscar Isaac

“If protesters want to put our way of life at risk, then they should have the book thrown at them and that’s pleasing to see,” he said.

“We want people to be able to protest but do it in a way that doesn’t inconvenience people right across NSW.

“My view is that those protests literally started to grind our city to a halt.”

Devastating flooding across the state more severe due to, you guessed it, climate change blocked the light rail along Sydney’s George St last Friday arvo Mark Davis Clément Voule Sophie McNeil 9News The Herald Sun

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‘s sentencing is “pleasing to see”, which is nice and not concerning in the slightest. I’m kind of struggling to see how for blocking a single lane on the Sydney Harbour Bridge for 25 minutes is “pleasing to see”. I’d say a basket of kittens and puppies or is easier on the eye but, hey ho. Perrottet made the cooked as shit comments at a presser on Monday morning. My brother in Christ, you know what’s really inconveniencing people in NSW? which is set to become . If we want to talk about grinding the city to a halt, a literal bloody lunch — sponsored by the NSW Government, no less — when, you know, workers need to use public transport. But sure, blocking a single lane on the Sydney Harbour Bridge for 25 minutes back in April is disrupting the entire state and causing the city to melt down. I don’t know how NSW has managed to recover. Coco’s sentencing — and the fact she was refused bail, according to her lawyer — has been slammed by human rights advocates and a senior UN official. , the UN’s Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Association and Peaceful Assembly, wrote on Twitter that he was “alarmed” by her prison term and refusal to grant bail until an appeal hearing next year. “Peaceful protestors should never be criminalised or imprisoned,” he said. Human Rights Watch researcher and journalist  said the court’s decision was “outrageous” and that it was clear “climate protestors are being targeted for disproportionate punishment”. Violet Coco and four other people were arrested in April for the protest by Fireproof Australia, per . She lit an emergency flare while standing on a parked Fireproof Australia truck at one point during the protest. reported that Coco pleaded guilty to seven charges including interfering with the safe operation of a bridge and possessing a bright light distress signal in a public place. It’d be nice to see climate criminals, such as fossil fuel companies, copping jail sentences rather than peaceful, non-violent protestors.
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