Blair Cottrell (@RealBlairCottrell)

🇦🇺 Melbourne today, August 21st 2021 >One organiser of last month’s protests sentenced to 8 months jail earlier this week. >Police set up road blocks and attempted to stop people from entering the city. Used rubber bullets on protesters, which is new for vicpol. >Protesters had flares and broke police lines on at least one occasion. >News helicopters refused to release arial footage of the protest. >News media reporting “hundreds” of protestors. Footage shows at least 5,000. >Government used cell tower triangulation to text "Disperse" messages to everyone in the city with a phone. >Public transport and ride-sharing services were suspended in an effort to prevent more people from coming in. Melbourne is going the way of Hong Kong.