Anti-lockdown marches planned across Melbourne
Anti-lockdown protests are being planned online as frustration grows over the stage 4 restrictions. It comes after footage revealed groups of teens marching without masks at a school in Melbourne’s southeast.
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Dozens of protests are being planned across Melbourne to march against anti-lockdown laws.
It comes after protests continued over the weekend in Dandenong, with dozens of police turning out in force to deter them.
Footage is circulating online of protests taking place in other municipalities including Casey, where a group of teens have been filmed marching through a school without wearing masks.
In the footage, which was uploaded to Instagram, the teens are seen running away from police.
Other footage on Facebook shows police doorknocking the home of a woman who was also believed to be influencing protests in parks across Melbourne.
It comes after she organised a “5pm community walk” event across Australia, which has since been cancelled.
Extraordinary video has emerged of police arresting anti-lockdown protesters on Sunday afternoon in Roxburgh Park.
Multiple videos circulating on social media show a large group of people, most of them wearing Guy Fawkes masks, walking through Broadmeadows and Roxburgh Park streets disrupting traffic and chanting.
In Dandenong, police issued five fines during a prohibited gathering near the George Andrews Reserve in Dandenong on Sunday, August 30.
The Leader again attended the protests on Kirkham Rd and surrounding streets over the weekend, and saw police question several people on the Dandenong Creek Trail, who shouted at officers when being stopped.
A Victoria Police spokeswoman said police were continuing to investigate Sunday evening’s protest in Dandenong and would consider issuing penalty notices for anyone found to be in breach of the directions issued by the Chief Health Officer.
Police also confirmed they arrested three men “during a prohibited gathering in the Roxburgh Park area” on Sunday.
Last week, police encountered a brief showdown with protesters in the middle of the road, holding up pepper spray canisters and ordering the group to move on.
A roadblock was temporarily set up at the corner of Kirkham Rd and Langley Crescent.
Members of the group said they weren’t doing anything wrong and had not organised a protest but were simply out exercising.
Dozens of attendees were witnessed taunting police and hurling abuse at them.
More anti-lockdown protesters are expected to hit the street on Monday.
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