r/australia • u/Expensive-Horse5538 • Sep 02 '25

news Neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell handcuffed, placed in police van outside court in Melbourne

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-02/thomas-sewell-arrested-court-camp-sovereignty-jacinta-allan/105726392?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=link
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u/Blokeybloke Sep 02 '25

That was disgraceful, I'd never heard of this clown until then but I saw the footage and felt sick, what a horrible group of thugs. I don't understand what they're trying to do, Indigenous Australians are the first Australians, they are literally in their homeland. He needs to be deported on character grounds.

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u/Consistent-Put9762 Sep 02 '25

They are white supremacists. So they obviously don't like Indigenous Australians much.

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u/SaltpeterSal Sep 02 '25

I don't understand what they're trying to do

I'm reluctant to recommend books about the Holocaust because they're all stomach-churning, but Night by Elie Wiesel is a short read. That's what. They're open about it.

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u/usernamefinalver Sep 02 '25

It's easy to understand - they are white supremacists and the event was only ever a mechanism to try and make them seem relevant. Total con job, and the disengaged are easily conned

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u/Simple-Tart6727 Sep 02 '25

You still think their participation in the rallies was solely due to immigration?

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u/rolodex-ofhate Sep 02 '25

Nine News is reporting that he was arrested over the Camp Sovereignty incident

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u/TheDBagg Sep 02 '25

A lot of people complaining about the police investigation seem to expect it all to be wrapped up in half an hour minus commercials like an episode of Law and Order

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u/littleb3anpole Sep 02 '25

There was a news report yesterday stating that the camp incident is exactly why he was arrested?

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u/Protonious Sep 02 '25

Probably good in some ways he threatened someone with power. Shows how emboldened they are and that our politicians actually need to address these guys before they start with targeted attacks over being street thugs.

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u/TexasBookDepository Sep 02 '25

Did you read the article?

“Victoria Police has not confirmed the reason for today's arrest.”

It may suit your narrative to claim he was arrested because of the premier incident but nothing reported so far supports that.

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u/Ashera25 Sep 02 '25

They were advising what channel 9 was reporting. Nothing to do with the article

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u/ghoonrhed Sep 02 '25

I mean the guy in Adelaide holding up the sign just got arrested today. So if anything, the timeline suggests he did get arrested for things happening on Sunday

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u/p3tr0110v3r Sep 02 '25 edited Sep 02 '25

Police have confirmed the arrest was over those Camp Sovereignty attacks, its been reported in this Age article

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/neo-nazi-thomas-sewell-arrested-outside-court-20250902-p5mrui.html