Wagga Wagga man charged with displaying Nazi symbols over shopfront poster
Wagga Wagga man charged with displaying Nazi symbols over shopfront poster
A man is charged under laws banning the display of Nazi symbols, over a shopfront poster depicting Coalition politicians and mining magnates as German World War II soldiers.
Cheeky ? Or crossed the line ?
Oh, come on. He's exactly the opposite type of person these laws were designed to stop.
Can always trust the cops to abuse whatever laws are available to them...
They'll of course go after the Murdoch media for similar images, right?
Right?
Its the NSW police. They're jealous that this shopkeeper can display images that are clearly parody, while they can't display similar images in their private lives in earnest.
Agreed. Clearly taking the piss (quite funny if you ask me) and an abuse of power from the local force. Hopefully something positive comes from the court case.
NSW hate crime laws were passed in February this year in response to an increase in hate speech and a string of anti-Semitic incidents in the state.
Arresting parody that upsets Nazis to protect… * checks notes* … the Jewish people.
Fuckers are gonna try real hard to turn public opinion against anti nazi laws, so expect a protracted lawsuit
Personally i'd like to see the presiding judge look at the evidence, hike their robe, square their wig then walk down and give the prosecution and chief of wagga police a clip around the earhole for being stupid cunts before dismissal
We need more Luigi Mangionis and we need them to go after the entire authoritarian class and their billionaire backers.
If nothing else it makes for a good example of why one should be wary of laws aimed at hate speech. You can't rely on any ambiguity within them being interpreted with common sense, particularly if you've annoyed someone in a position of power.