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Cops arrest 17 anti-lockdown demonstrators
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Over a dozen anti-lockdown protesters were arrested on Saturday in Melbourne, as those deliberately flouting stay-at-home orders clashed with Australian police.
Ignoring official warnings and public health orders, several hundred people gathered at an illegal protest 鈥 promoted by several virus-related conspiracy theory groups online 鈥 calling for an end to lockdown measures.
A huge police presence responded, arresting 17 as the crowd chanted 鈥渇reedom鈥 and 鈥渟cam鈥 toward lines of officers who repeatedly attempted to move people on.
Two protesters were seen raising their arms in a Nazi salute at officers and yelling 鈥淗eil Dan,鈥 comparing the state of Victoria鈥檚 premier Daniel Andrews to Adolf Hitler, while standing on the forecourt of the Shrine of Remembrance 鈥 a war memorial which partly commemorates Australians killed fighting in World War II.
Demonstrators moved to a nearby park before being surrounded by police and eventually dispersing.
Several attendees said that they were protesting the government鈥檚 response to the pandemic, labeling it overblown or an outright 鈥渟cam.鈥
鈥淲e are in a city where the cure from Daniel Andrews is actually worse than what鈥檚 happening,鈥 protester Fiona Kat said.
Rallies were also held around the country, with 14 people arrested at protests in Sydney and Byron Bay.
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