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NSW police armed with military-style rifles could patrol protests
Original: Some NSW police are now armed with military-style rifles. And they could be deployed to protests
Some New South Wales police officers have been equipped with military-style rifles, and the force has indicated these weapons could be deployed at protests as well as other operations. The development has raised concern among civil liberties advocates and members of the public, who question why semi-military firepower might be directed at demonstrators and what this signals about the policing of public gatherings in Australia.
Why now: The arming of police with military-style rifles, potentially for use at protests, is a significant and controversial shift in Australian policing that is drawing public debate.
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