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Police will not charge Canberra bar owner after seizing posters under new Commonwealth hate laws
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zero_gravitas aussie.zone zero_gravitas@aussie.zone
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Zagorath aussie.zone Zagorath@aussie.zone
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The police should themselves be charged over this. If they aren't, they can continue stifling free expression and create a chilling effect. It doesn't matter if their victim ends up criminally charged, even the threat and the disruption to their business or daily life is enough.

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zero_gravitas aussie.zone zero_gravitas@aussie.zone
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The police should themselves be charged over this. If they aren't, they can continue stifling free expression and create a chilling effect. It doesn't matter if their victim ends up criminally charged, even the threat and the disruption to their business or daily life is enough.

Not sure, but I think they'd have more luck with a civil suit, which they should absolutely do, just so there's some kind of pushback.

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