Australian Police Smashing Windows Of Anti-Maskers At Checkpoints

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Victoria, Australia Police Chief Commissioner Shane Patton took part in a press conference last week where he admitted that police are "smashing the windows of people in cars and pulling them out of there" if they are not wearing masks and not complying with government orders.

Patton goes on to relay the story of police who approached a woman without a mask and "during that scuffle, this 38-year-old woman hit the head, smashed the head of the police woman several times into a concrete area on the ground."

Wiki notes "Victoria is the second most populated state of Australia. Victoria is also the second smallest state by land area and is a parliamentary constitutional monarchy. Situated in the south-east of Australia, Victoria.

Here is a partial transcript:

Shane Patton: (42:33) The vast majority of people are doing the right thing and for those who are, I thank you. But there is still a minority who aren’t. We’ve given out a significant range of infringements as the minister has outlined, 161 last night, 60 of those were for masks for not wearing masks. And from our perspective though, the people, the vast majority who are doing the right thing need to understand for those who aren’t, there is a consequence and there are consequences and I want to be really clear on that.

Shane Patton: (43:04) In the last week, we’ve seen a trend in emergency if you like of groups of people, small groups, but nonetheless concerning groups who classify themselves as sovereign citizens, whatever that might mean. People who don’t think the law applies to them. We’ve seen them at checkpoints baiting police, not providing their name and address. On at least three or four occasions in the past week, we’ve had to smash the windows of people in cars and pull them out of there. So they could provide their details because they weren’t telling us where they were going. They weren’t adhering to the chief health officer guidelines. They weren’t providing their name and their address.

Shane Patton: (43:44) We don’t want to be doing that, but people have to absolutely understand there are consequences for your actions and if you’re not doing the right thing, we will not hesitate to issue infringements, to arrest you, to detain you where it’s appropriate. As I say, it’s not something we want to be doing, but it is what we will do. And it has been occurring in the last week.

And particularly one incident if I like to highlight the type of challenges that we're experiencing. Last night, a 26-year-old police woman was on patrol with another partner down in a Frankston area, near the Bayside Shopping Center. During that time, they approached a 38-year-old woman who wasn't wearing a mask. After a confrontation and being assaulted by that woman, those police officers went to ground and there was a scuffle. And during that scuffle, this 38-year-old woman hit the head, smashed the head of the police woman several times into a concrete area on the ground.

That behavior is just totally unacceptable. That's someone who thinks they're above the law, they're not wearing a mask they're approached and they're asked the reason why not. And then to react like that is just completely over the top. It's this type of irresponsible behavior that we're going to address. That woman was taken back to the police station. She was charged with significant offenses and bail due to no criminal history. But nonetheless, it just goes to show how these things escalate from non-adherence to the smallest things.

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