{"id":1203959,"date":"2022-01-10T08:34:13","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T13:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1203959"},"modified":"2022-01-10T08:34:28","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T13:34:28","slug":"australian-police-tear-gas-pro-djokovic-crowd-after-legal-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/australian-police-tear-gas-pro-djokovic-crowd-after-legal-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Police Tear Gas Pro-Djokovic Crowd After Legal Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Faustralian-police-tear-gas-pro-djokovic-crowd-after-legal-win%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1203959&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Police in Australia pepper-sprayed and clashed physically with a mob of supporters of tennis champion Novak Djokovic on Monday evening in Melbourne after the crowd began blocking car traffic and standing on a vehicle they appeared to believe carried Djokovic.<\/p>\n<p>Djokovic, the reigning Australian Open champion and tied for most Grand Slam victories in men\u2019s tennis history, attempted to enter Australia last week to prepare for the tournament, which begins next week. Border Force agents detained him and forced him into a migrant detention facility on the grounds that he had not received a Chinese coronavirus vaccination. Djokovic has publicly opposed the novel vaccine products and reportedly entered the country with a medical exemption issued by the federal government.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>A judge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/09\/free-to-play-australian-court-reinstates-tennis-star-novak-djokovics-visa\/\">overturned<\/a> his detention and restored his visa on Monday, arguing that Border Force did not give Djokovic any time or proper ability to challenge the revocation of his visa. Australia has a vaccine mandate in place for foreigners but claims to issue medical exemptions when necessary.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19426018\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1363761663.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19426018\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1363761663-1024x682-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"659\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Fans protest in Flinders Lane on January 10, 2022 in Melbourne, Australia. Judge Kelly ordered that Djokovic be immediately released from detention and the decision to cancel his visa was \u201cunreasonable\u201d. (Sam Tabone\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/sport\/tennis\/i-don-t-understand-what-djokovic-told-border-force-at-the-airport-20220110-p59n80.html?js-chunk-not-found-refresh=true\">transcript<\/a> of Djokovic\u2019s conversation with Border Force agents published as part of the hearing suggested that Djokovic received exemption documentation for the vaccine mandate from the government of the state of Victoria and Tennis Australia, the organization that runs the Australian Open. Border Force abruptly revoked the visa claiming the federal government was not part of the process to allow him into the country.<\/p>\n<p>Australian outlets <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2022-01-10\/police-pepper-spray-novak-djokovic-supporters\/100748684\">reported<\/a> on Monday that a large group of fans \u201cbecame rowdy\u201d outside of the offices of Djokovic\u2019s legal team celebrating the judge\u2019s order to release him from migrant detention immediately. The crowd appeared to believe Djokovic himself was in one of the cars leaving the building. Australian outlets could not confirm if he was; his whereabouts are unknown at press time.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Absolute mayhem by Novak Djokovic\u2019s lawyer\u2019s office on Collins Street. A car leaving the office is completely surrounded by people cheering \u201cfree Nole\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/H3mAsEHSdX\">pic.twitter.com\/H3mAsEHSdX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tumaini Carayol (@tumcarayol) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tumcarayol\/status\/1480477311623434242?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe chanting and dancing around the car became more intense and eventually people were dancing on top of the car and banging on its windows,\u201d Australia\u2019s The Age <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/sport\/tennis\/novak-djokovic-court-case-live-updates-serbian-tennis-star-fights-to-play-in-2022-australian-open-20220110-p59n0m.html?post=p537lb#p537lb\">reported<\/a>. \u201cAround this time, police began moving people away from the front of the car. Some fans then reacted by shoving officers and verbally abusing them. Police used O.C spray (capsicum\/pepper spray) to move them along.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Police pepper sprayed a group of fans after they blocked the path of a car they believed was carrying Djokovic <\/p>\n<p>Fans were banging on the window, throwing bottles at the car and two people were jumping up and down on top of it <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theage?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@theage<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AdK3kmQmWr\">https:\/\/t.co\/AdK3kmQmWr<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vwyYrofJZg\">pic.twitter.com\/vwyYrofJZg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Paul Sakkal (@paulsakkal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/paulsakkal\/status\/1480483018431074304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BREAKING<\/a>: Novak Djokovic fans have locked down Melbourne streets as riots turn violent. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/9News?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#9News<\/a> DETAILS: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lh344JaepC\">https:\/\/t.co\/lh344JaepC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ER8QlpguQb\">pic.twitter.com\/ER8QlpguQb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 9News Melbourne (@9NewsMelb) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/9NewsMelb\/status\/1480495000358109186?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Many fans were dressed in the colors of Djokovic\u2019s native Serbia and waved Serbian flags. Other Eastern European flags, notably those of Greece and Poland, also made an appearance at the scene. In Serbia, the Djokovic family has branded their son\u2019s visa saga a bigoted war between Australia and the Serbian ethnic group as a whole.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cOur Novak, our pride. Novak is Serbia and Serbia is Novak,\u201d father Srdjan Djokovic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2022\/01\/06\/god-sees-everything-novak-djokovic-sends-message-from-australian-migrant-facility-as-protests-grow\/\">told<\/a> a crowd in Belgrade on Thursday. \u201cThey are trampling over Serbia and by doing that, they are trampling on the Serbian people.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Outside Novak Djokovic lawyers office earlier this evening.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t recommend rearresting him.<\/p>\n<p>I have a Serbian uncle, and from experience, they\u2019re a lovely, loving lot until they\u2019re not.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/w5aYixtUkW\">pic.twitter.com\/w5aYixtUkW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Avi Yemini (@OzraeliAvi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OzraeliAvi\/status\/1480483135749910528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>In the immediate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2022\/01\/05\/we-will-fight-them-in-the-streets-djokovic-dad-says-australia-holding-son-captive-over-vaccines\/\">aftermath<\/a> of Novak Djokovic\u2019s detention, Srdjan told Russian propaganda outlet Sputnik that his son was \u201ccaptive\u201d without explanation and vowed to \u201cfight them [Australian authorities] in the streets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Serbian media covered the situation outside of Djokovic\u2019s legal team office differently than Australian outlets.&nbsp;<em>Telegraf<\/em>, an outlet that has covered Djokovic favorably for years, described <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraf.rs\/sport\/tenis\/3442900-skandal-suzavac-zene-deca-novak-djokovic\">harrowing<\/a> scenes of police tear-gassing women and children on the streets of Melbourne and claimed some in the crowd are in \u201cserious\u201d condition.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/australian?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#australian<\/a> police just pepper sprayed the crowd of supporters for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/djokovic?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#djokovic<\/a>.  Not one single country has condemned the tyrannical behaviour of the corrupt <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Australian?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Australian<\/a> government .  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fgyZPkyAjm\">pic.twitter.com\/fgyZPkyAjm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gillian McKeith (@GillianMcKeith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GillianMcKeith\/status\/1480495867601854468?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Further <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraf.rs\/english\/3442939-utter-madness-in-melbourne-serb-knocks-tear-gas-bottle-out-of-hands-of-policeman-spraying-it\">reports<\/a> from the magazine relayed an incident in which \u201cone Serb was crazy enough\u2019 to grab a tear gas canister out of the hands of a police officer while the latter was trying to spray it. The crowd&nbsp;<em>Telegraf<\/em> asserted, was outraged \u201cbecause tear gas was used against women and children, which is a massive disgrace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The furor followed&nbsp;Federal Circuit Court Judge Anthony Kelly\u2019s decision to immediately release Djokovic, which reports have no clarified if the Australian government has actually abided by. As part of the hearing, authorities released a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/sport\/tennis\/i-don-t-understand-what-djokovic-told-border-force-at-the-airport-20220110-p59n80.html\">transcript<\/a> of the conversation between Djokovic and an interrogator from Australian Border Force at Melbourne\u2019s international airport, which shows Djokovic repeatedly offering documentation showing a medical exemption from the vaccine mandate and being largely ignored.<\/p>\n<p>Djokovic claimed that he tested positive for Chinese coronavirus on December 16 and offered the government both proof of that and antibody testing that confirmed resistance to a third infection (Djokovic tested positive a first time during the summer months of 2020). Australian law grants an exemption from vaccination for those who tested positive for the disease in the past six months, which the reported Border Force agent denied.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19425994\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1363768439.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19425994\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1363768439-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Serbian tennis fans march along Collins Street on January 10, 2022 in Melbourne, Australia. (Diego Fedele\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Australian Immigration Ministry suggested that it may cancel Djokovic\u2019s visa and deport him anyway following the judge\u2019s orders to free him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFollowing today\u2019s Federal Circuit and Family Court determination on a procedural ground, it remains within Immigration Minister Hawke\u2019s discretion to consider cancelling Mr Djokovic\u2019s visa under his personal power of cancellation within section 133C(3) of the Migration Act,\u201d a statement from a spokesperson for Immigration Minister Alex Hawke read.&nbsp;\u201cThe Minister is currently considering the matter and the process remains ongoing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Frances Martel on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/francesimartel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/francesimartel\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1641649586431000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2qb7s_yht6bVIqM52HrsX1\">Facebook<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/francesmartel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/francesmartel&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1641649586431000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0TGxQie-dT9gk1AOJXZV6a\">Twitter.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police in Australia pepper-sprayed and clashed physically with a mob of supporters of tennis champion Novak Djokovic on Monday evening in Melbourne after the crowd began blocking car traffic and &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1203959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1203959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1203959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1203959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1203959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1203959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1203959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}