Straßenmusikant von pro-palästinensischen Demonstranten angegriffen, Melbourne erlebt größten Protest seit Jahrzehnten

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1. 20 police needed medical assistance – peaceful protests indeed/s

2. The rally turned violent when protesters clashed with buskers on Bourke Street outside David Jones. Protesters demanded the buskers stop their performance and declare their support for “the children of Gaza”.

   “When we stopped our performance and started packing up, a protester began chanting into a microphone. We tried to communicate with him, saying, “We don’t have a problem with your cause; just let us move our equipment.

   “In response, another protester mocked us, gestured rudely, and swore at us. This individual attempted to step on my pedal board. In self-defence of my expensive equipment—which I rely on for my livelihood—I moved the protester away. This action triggered an aggressive reaction from the protest group.

   “A mob of protesters then violently attacked Konstantin and me, an incident captured on camera by Konstantin. Cam was struck in the face with a steel flagpole, shattering his glasses and narrowly missing his eye. During the chaos, the police intervened, but our equipment was severely damaged—crushed and kicked around, as shown in the video footage.”

3. Trashy people

4. They’ll be the first to complain when the mounted police turn up. They always wail about that. And it’s always great to watch.

5. It is frustrating to watch the police take so long to step in to prevent these guys being harassed and then attacked. Being a ‘protest’ shouldn’t give cunts special privileges to harass and intimidate innocent bystanders.

6. Now now, be tolerant and accepting of the majestic Islam culture.

7. Pretty shitty situation. I’ve attended plenty of the Sydney-based protests, and they’ve always been chill and peaceful. Shame this has happened.

8. Never has such a legitimate cause been so undermined by a bunch of weirdos, assholes and antisemites.

9. To jail and deported if it applies. Violent thugs.

10. Attacked by terrorist supporters? Surprising. 

11. Stop calling them protestors only thugs and criminals hide their faces and wear masks. These are violent thugs not protestors.

12. Yes but there’s plenty of papers in Melbourne’s publishing this story..but you went for the one page with an indistinguishable bias?

13. I mean Hamas surely considers music haram, so no wonder the pro-Palestinian Hamas-loving protesters would attack someone playing music and having fun.

14. This is what happens when you allow unfettered immigration from cultures that don’t respect Western values.

15. When you allow large scale immigration from Middle Eastern countries, don’t be surprised when people act like they are still in Middle Eastern countries.

16. Is this the so called intifada? Sounds like peaceful reasonable people.

17. So do the protesters want to shape foreign polici with fear and the threat of violence?

18. How very on brand.

19. Support our cause or else violence? Sounds like a particular group.

20. But but, Israel bad 🥺

21. Abusive arseholes being abusive arseholes.

22. Music festival, a corner busker- just can’t help but attack while people are enjoying some jams, can they?

23. Ah yes, “peaceful protesters”. Because trying to force random musicians who did nothing wrong to join your cause under the threat of violence, then when they refuse physically assaulting them and trying to steal and/or destroy their equipment is certainly how civilized people behave and is going to be of immense help to people in Gaza. Terrorists and thugs, just like their idols. 

24. terrorist supporters gatherings must be great for the government, just chuck them all on the list lol

25. Still trying to imagine firing 20,000 rockets from civilian territory into civilian territory, missing your target entirely, and then expecting to gain land even though you’ve broken the Geneva Convention 100 x over

    This all seemed more like suicide by cop than anything. iDF casualties are roughly 10x the aggressor in every historic event – why would this change all of a sudden?

26. Well, at least they found the real guilty party.

27. It’s nice that violent shitheads on every continent wear the same uniform now. 

    Let them go to Gaza, I’m sure Hamas could use a few more human shields.