Police charge neo-Nazi Joel Davis with offences related to alleged hate speech after a rally outside New South Wales Parliament last year. Multiple Australian outlets report that Davis has been charged with inciting racial hatred over events connected to a National Socialist Network protest outside the parliament precinct on 8 November. One report describes the protest as involving about 60 members, who are alleged to have stood in formation in Macquarie Street and displayed a large banner reading “Abolish the Jewish lobby.”
The Guardian adds that Davis is arrested and charged with inciting hatred and causing fear, and notes the arrest follows criticism of police handling raised at a royal commission into antisemitism. The other sources focus on the charge relating to inciting racial hatred tied to the rally.
All accounts indicate the charges stem from conduct at or around the November rally outside NSW Parliament, with the matter now proceeding through the criminal justice system.
