Brisbane continues to be a major flashpoint of rising Extinction
Rebellion (XR) protests. Of late, some Extinction
Rebellion Southeast Queensland (XR SEQ) activists have even
become familiar faces in the press, due to the amount of times
they've been arrested.
This ability to identify these mobilisers – who are trying
to draw attention to the crisis the entire planet is in the grips
of – reveals one thing: that reprimanding these concerned
citizens by taking them into custody is not bringing a halt to
their actions.
So, the Queensland Police Service is now employing a policy of
strip searching XR protesters locked up in the Brisbane watchhouse.
Indeed, towards the end of the spring Rebellion Week in early
October, officers strip searched over 20 activists in the lockup,
including one as young as 17.
