“ASIO director, #MikeBurgess, has described their antics as ‘awful but lawful’,” a #WhiteRose spokesperson said. “However, as we have seen, a number of their stunts have included #racist and #HomophobicLanguage on banners and in speeches, which clearly crosses the line into #HateSpeech or incitement. There appears to be an unwillingness to prosecute this.”
The spokesperson said prosecutions have occurred when members of the group have committed acts of #violence, but with mixed outcomes.
“From our observations, #knowledge of the group’s … #ideology, #tactics and even #membership is patchy across #PoliceForces and #LegalProfessionals. We have repeatedly seen that courts have viewed personal factors such as having a partner and children as protective against future offending,” a spokesperson said.”
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