Men linked to Rebels taunt Strike Force Raptor and anti-consorting laws with group photo
JUST months after dozens of Nomad bikie gang members taunted Strke Force Raptor with an Instagram picture, a photo of men linked to the Mt Druitt chapter of the Rebels OMCG have done the same.
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JUST months after dozens of Nomad bikie gang members taunted Strike Force Raptor with an Instagram picture, a photo of men wearing Rebels OMCG colours have done the same.
Shared to the account of a man claiming to be linked to the Mt Druitt chapter of the Rebels, the picture shows eight men standing staunchly outside of a home, with a number of them seen proudly displaying club colours. The caption reads: “F*** ya consorting”.
The caption makes reference to anti-consorting laws introduced in NSW in 2013 after a spate of violent crime by gangs.
In late August, convicted killer Moudi Tajjour led dozens of Nomad bikie gang members to Canberra where they took a photo in protest of the legislation which bans individuals from associating with two or more people convicted of a criminal offence.
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The photo was able to be captured in Canberra due to the absence of anti-consorting laws, which has made the national capital the go-to destination for outlaw motorcycle gangs.
Nomads life member Moudi Tajjour took another swipe at the legislation in a subsequent post, which he claimed anti-consorting laws made anyone “deemed a gangster in eyes the government” a target for “police harassment”.
The cousin of Kings Cross identity John Ibrahim added the government’s “obsession” with bikies had given them no chance at living a “normal” and “stable” life because of past criminal convictions.
“I pass people eating and chatting with each other as mates do and wonder what is different to them … we go to jail if we share a meal together,” he wrote.
“It’s effecting (sic) my day to day thinking pattern and becoming impossible to live freely without police harassment.”
The 34-year-old said the rules have made it impossible for him to have a relationship with friends he has had for 20 years.
“Each time I want to see my mates I need to travel all the way to Canberra,” he wrote, referring to the absence of anti-consorting laws in the national capital.
“This is a joke how the government can tell us who we can hang with.”
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