Daily London
Almost 70 neo-Nazis from the White Australia organisation were armed with a banner that read “Abolish the Jewish Lobby” today.
They claim the lobby is controlling the government and want hate speech laws abolished.
The neo-Nazis applied to protest ahead of time and made clear their intention to rally against the Jewish Lobby and they were given the green light by police 10 days ago.
However NSW Police commissioner Mal Lanyon and NSW Premier Chris Minns had no idea.
“I take it very personally, there was a communication error within the police force for which I did not personally know that today’s protest was taking place,” Lanyon said.
“Accordingly I had not briefed the minister of police or government.”
Police are reviewing today’s footage to discern whether any hate speech crimes were committed.
Minns also pointed to new legislation to stop it happening again.
“It’s obviously shameful that these people feel that they have the right to demonstrate in such a despicable hateful way, spewing division and racism on the streets of Sydney,” Minns said.
“You don’t want to give these piss ants more oxygen.
“I know that holding this media conference does exactly that but the truth of the matter is I’ve decided that if you give them an inch, they’ll take a mile and does anyone believe this is their last rally?”
